Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what purposes the UK Space Agency has 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. As part of a government-wide trial run by the Government Digital Service, the UK Space Agency has access to the Microsoft Copilot AI tool. This capability has been used to support internal-facing information exploitation activity such as generating minutes for meetings, creating summaries of transcripts and documentation, and producing initial drafts of documents. During the trial, the UK Space Agency has drawn on a range of resources, published on GOV.UK, such as the Generative AI Framework, the Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Framework, and the Data Ethics Framework, to inform its use of AI tools, and has been working closely with the Government Digital Service, part of the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, for expert advice and to provide feedback on the Copilot tool.