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Defence: Artificial Intelligence

Commons · Question 80542 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 17 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Iqbal Mohamed

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of placing (a) transparency, (b) testing and (c) accountability requirements on private defence contracts for the development of AI systems.

Answer

Answered by Luke Pollard, 17 Oct 2025

The principal policy framework governing the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) safe and responsible adoption of AI is our published Joint Service Publication Dependable AI JSP 936 which sets out directives on AI safety, ethics, and governance. JSP 936 requires ...