Written Question·Treasury·UIN 127040

Treasury: Artificial Intelligence

Tabled: 14 April 2026

Answered: 22 April 2026

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the past 12 months.

Answer

Lucy Rigby

AI is not used by the department to draft legislation. Officials use AI tools in combination with a range of evidence, collaboration, challenge and technology to deliver policy drafts. They use their judgement and a variety of data sources to apply a crit...

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