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Question for Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

UIN 83796, tabled on 1 September 2020

Question

Chi Onwurah
Labour
Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Commons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will publish a full register of the algorithms currently being used in the provision of public services throughout Government by each Government department.

Answer

Julia Lopez
Conservative
Hornchurch and Upminster
Commons

Answered on

10 September 2020

The Government’s Data Ethics Framework and ‘Guide to Using AI in the Public Sector’, alongside other guidance are available on GOV.UK, to support ethical and safe use of algorithms in the public sector. Building on existing work on algorithmic and data ethics, the Government is now seeking to deliver more transparency on the use of algorithmic-assisted decision making within the public sector; and is working with leading organisations in the field of data and AI ethics on a proposed approach to algorithmic transparency.

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Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office
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