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Department for Transport: Artificial Intelligence

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 8 September 2025UIN 73687

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what purposes their Department has used artificial intelligence in the last year.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

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.

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