Written questions

Civil Service: Artificial Intelligence

Commons · Question 15294 · Tabled 2 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 14 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to what extent are automated decision-making systems used in relation to civil service employment, including recruitment, performance management, discipline, or allocation of work.

Answer

Answered by Jake Richards, 14 Jul 2026

Reforms to the solely auromated decision-making (ADM) rules in the Data (Use and Access) Act make clear that these are decisions without any meaningful human involvement. This is to prevent ‘rubber stamping’ of decisions qualifying as having a ‘human in t...