Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that UK elections remain free and fair amid the rising potential for AI interference.

The Government is well prepared to ensure the integrity and security of UK electoral processes. The Defending Democracy Taskforce and broader cross-government election structures have robust processes in place to respond to threats, including novel threats from AI.

Further bolstering our response to this risk, the Central AI Risk Function works to continuously identify, assess and prepare for risks associated with AI, including to the online information environment.

Where such content amounts to a criminal offence, the Online Safety Act requires platforms to remove disinformation aimed at disrupting elections, including where it is AI-generated, as soon as they become aware of it.