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Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 63017 on Housing Estates: Unadopted Roads, whether the public will be able to contribute to the consultation into new consumer protection provisions for residential freeholders.
As per the Written Ministerial Statement I made on 21 November 2024 (HCWS244), we will consult this year on implementing the LFRA consumer protection measures, and bring these into force as quickly as possible thereafter.
Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to require estate management companies to publish detailed financial records.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 61397 on 24 June 2025.
Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to enable freeholding residents to seek binding changes to deeds when management falls below reasonable standards.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 61397 on 24 June 2025.
For what purposes their Department has used artificial intelligence in the last year.
The tools available in HM Treasury include two secure Large Language Models (LLMs) which can be interacted with as you would a chatbot. There are a wide range of possible uses for these tools, including drafting, summarising and rewording text. The other available tool is a RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) tool, which retrieves information from a set of documents given to it. Clear guidance is given to staff that these tools are designed to assist with work, not to replace colleagues in decision making processes. The goal of these tools is to make work and processes more efficient. Further information about algorithmic tools that might be used to aid decisions can be found on the Algorithmic Transparency Reporting Standards page on gov.uk.
For what purposes their Department has used artificial intelligence in the last year.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is included in the Government’s plan to support economic growth, change public service delivery, and influence living standards for people across the country. In the last year the Department for Work and Pensions have utilised AI to support them in delivering better outcomes for customers. This includes the use of AI to increase colleague productivity, improve back-office operations and processes, and to tackle fraud and error.
For what purposes their Department has used artificial intelligence in the last year.
As part of its delivery of the Transport AI Action Plan, the Department has established an internal AI programme to identify opportunities and roll out appropriate AI tools and processes to ensure the Department is delivering best value for the public. As well as ensuring access to Microsoft’s Co-Pilot tools to support everyday activities, targeted pilots are being run using AI for correspondence, consultation analysis, information retrieval and fraud detection, with plans for continuing expansion.
Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with stakeholders on ending farrowing crate usage for pigs.
This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. The Department has met with key stakeholders, as part of the development of our overarching approach to animal welfare, and a broad range of animal welfare issues have been discussed.
What components of wind turbines are (a) supplied and (b) manufactured in the UK.
The Offshore Wind Regional Growth Prospectuses set out a range of current manufacturing and services capabilities in the UK, as well as growth opportunities, including in blade, foundation and cable manufacture; secondary steel components; cable installation; operations and maintenance activity; and environmental services. New facilities in development include cable manufacturing in Nigg and Blyth, and monopile construction in Teesside. Data collected via the Onshore Wind Taskforce indicates that UK content in domestic onshore windfarms can be between 50 and 70 percent, with high shares of jobs and investment in development, operations and maintenance, civil engineering and electrical works.
What recent discussions he has had with (a) NICE and (b) NHS England on the (i) availability of and (ii) access to new treatments for patients with secondary breast cancer.
Ministers and Department officials have regular discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and NHS England on a range of issues including access to new treatments.NICE makes recommendations for the National Health Service on whether all new licensed medicines, including medicines for secondary breast cancer, should be routinely funded by the NHS. NHS England funds all NICE-recommended treatments for breast cancer with the funding available from the point of a positive draft NICE decision. Since 2018, NICE has recommended all but one of the treatments for breast cancer that it has assessed, including treatments for advanced breast cancer, such as Truqap and Korserdu, which are now available to eligible NHS patients. NICE recommended treatments are available to NHS patients in line with NICE’s recommendations.
For what purposes their Department has used artificial intelligence in the last year.
Artificial Intelligence technologies offer the potential to transform all aspects of Defence - from the front lines to the back office - helping enhance operational effectiveness, improve productivity and maintain the UKs strategic advantage. Over 400 AI-related projects and programmes are currently underway, including predictive maintenance tools to help optimise equipment availability and reduce downtime, decision-support tools to enhance intelligence analysis and situational awareness, and projects to improve workforce efficiency by automating routine tasks and streamlining administrative processes.
For what purposes their Department has used artificial intelligence in the last year.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has made use of artificial intelligence (AI) over the past year for a range of purposes including:Support to general corporate and administrative activities. For example, creating meeting notes, drafting and summarising documents.Information retrieval and presentation, including extracting data from multiple sources to produce straightforward guidance for common activities and develop tailored insights for policy planning and development.Data analysis and decision support, for example, researching and analysing economic trends in green industries and markets. AI is used in accordance with all relevant departmental and government guidelines, to ensure responsible and ethical use and data protection.
For what purposes their Department has used artificial intelligence in the last year.
The Department utilises AI tools to support officials in their work, mainly in drafting of written material for internal use.
If he will make it his policy to prioritise industrial rooftops over (a) arable farmland and (b) countryside fields for solar panel locations.
The Government incentivises industrial rooftop solar in various ways, including permitted development rights, favourable tax treatment, and the Smart Export Guarantee. Solar is part of our strategy for improving the energy performance of buildings. It will play an important role, where appropriate, on newbuild non-domestic buildings in the Future Buildings Standard which is to be introduced later this year. The UK’s overall approach to Net Zero commercial buildings will be set out in the Warm Homes Plan later this year. Achieving our ambitious clean power mission will require rapid deployment of rooftop and ground-mounted solar. However, planning guidance makes clear that, wherever possible, solar developers should utilise brownfield, industrial, contaminated, or previously developed land.
For what purposes their Department has used artificial intelligence in the last year.
The Northern Ireland Office has used artificial intelligence in recent months to help us all work more efficiently by assisting with tasks like drafting emails, summarising documents and taking notes in meetings. The use of artificial intelligence aligns with our focus on using data and digital methods to deliver results and support the Prime Minister’s vision for the Civil Service.
For what purposes their Department has used artificial intelligence in the last year.
Officials have used two prototype tools in the last year which are only accessible by government employees: GCS Assist and Redbox. These tools harness the latest transformative artificial intelligence technology. Officials can “chat” securely with a Large Language Model and summarise or ask questions of documents.
What recent discussions she has had with (a) teachers and (b) head teachers on teaching pupils who have English as a second language.
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has not recently met with teachers or headteachers to discuss teaching pupils whose first language is other than English.
For what purposes their Department has used artificial intelligence in the last year.
The Department has developed, as proof-of-concept projects, artificial intelligence (AI) enabled summarisation tools that have been used to analyse and draw out key themes from free text and survey responses, as well as to summarise academic journals and parliamentary speeches. AI-enabled topic modelling tools have also been used to label text data source results and to group together similar responses in consultation analysis.In addition, a generative AI tool, Microsoft 365 Copilot, is currently being trialled by the Department’s staff in anticipation of a Department wide roll out of the tool in October 2025.The Department regularly reviews the usage of AI to maximise productivity benefits for staff and the public.
For what purposes their Department has used artificial intelligence in the last year.
Over the last year, the Ministry of Justice has begun using artificial intelligence to boost staff productivity, reduce administrative burdens, and deliver better justice outcomes. Through the ‘AI for All’ initiative, all staff now have access to a secure AI assistant to support with day-to-day tasks. The tool Justice Transcribe, which is part of the Prime Minister’s AI Exemplars Programme, uses speech recognition to transcribe probation meetings, reducing the note-taking burden on frontline staff and enabling more meaningful engagement with those they supervise. These initiatives form part of the wider AI Action Plan for Justice, which sets out the Ministry of Justice's longer-term vision for the responsible and ethical adoption of AI across the justice system.
Innovation and Technology, for what purposes their Department has used artificial intelligence in the last year.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is central to our plan for growth and transforming public services, guided by the Government AI Playbook.We have adopted general-purpose AI tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot, enabling civil servants to draft, summarise, and analyse information. This is estimated to save a civil servant up to approximately 26 minutes per day. We have also built specific solutions, such as chatbots for operational queries and Impact Assessments.For wider government, the Incubator for AI (i.AI) delivers solutions such as Redbox and Consult, and GDS is building GOV.UK Chat for citizens.These tools improve efficiency and delivery of departmental outcomes. Further details have been published online as part of the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard.
For what purposes their Department has used artificial intelligence in the last year.
In the last year, the Department has expanded the use of artificial intelligence for a growing range of purposes within an AI governance framework consistent with the AI playbook for the UK Government. AI is being used to allow businesses to get tailored advice on export finance via business.gov.uk. A dedicated AI team has been exploring over 30 potential purposes such as conducting rapid evidence assessments and improving correspondence processes. In addition, the Department has made available approved AI tools and training to nearly 4,000 DBT officials around the globe, enabling them to benefit from AI in their own individual work.