Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what purposes (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have used AI in the last 12 months.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country. Officials in DSIT are trialling various AI tools, with appropriate safeguards, to evaluate their impact. For example, 1,500 licenses as part of the cross-government Microsoft 365 Copilot experiment, GitHub Copilot (AI for enhanced programming) and the Incubator for AI (who have moved to DSIT as part of the Machinery of Government change last year) are piloting several tools targeting Civil Service productivity and in support of the missions. We draw on a range of resources, published on GOV.UK, to inform our AI usage.