Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's publication A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation, published on 29 March 2023, how much and what proportion of the budget of each regulator in their Department was spent on regulation of artificial intelligence in the latest period for which information is available; how many staff in each regulator worked (a) wholly and (b) partly on those issues in the latest period for which information is available; and whether those regulators plan to increase resources for their work on artificial intelligence.

The AI Regulation White Paper sets out principles to guide responsible development and use of AI in all sectors of the economy, while highlighting the importance of regulators’ expertise to tailor their implementation to the specific context in which AI is used.

Due to difficulties in being able to disaggregate resource allocation specifically for ‘artificial intelligence’ work, we are not able to provide the figures requested on activity on AI regulation.

We will engage with regulators across the Home Office sector to understand the organisational capacity and resources needed for them to carry out this work effectively and in line with the approach set out in the White Paper.