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Written Question
Public Sector: Artificial Intelligence
Wednesday 20th March 2024

Asked by: Baroness Merron (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence, in its work to improve lives and the delivery of public services, will consider the needs of people with facial palsy, as they may lack the full range of facial expressions.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

The incubator for Artificial Intelligence focuses primarily on early stage piloting of AI based productivity improvements. We do not currently have any work in the pipeline that involves facial recognition, but we recognise the need for government services to be fully inclusive.

All Government Departments are required by our Service Standard to provide support via alternative channels for all their online services that are available to citizens. Our Roadmap for Digital and Data focuses on enabling the confident and responsible use of AI to improve efficiency and services including accessibility requirements.


Written Question
Public Sector: Staff
Tuesday 8th November 2022

Asked by: Baroness Merron (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to the report by the Public Services Committee Fit for the future? Rethinking the public services workforce (HL Paper 48), published on 19 July.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

The Government issued a response to the report on Monday 7 November.


Written Question
Temperature: Public Sector
Monday 1st August 2022

Asked by: Baroness Merron (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how, and (2) when, they will report on the broader impacts of the hot weather on public services.

Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal

All departments are responsible for monitoring and reporting on impacts from the extreme heat in their own sectors.

For example, Network Rail are communicating regularly with the public on rail disruption.

However, impacts related to the extreme heat were limited by the early and accurate weather forecasting by the Met Office, the effective preparedness and response at the local and national levels, and the positive response of the British public to warnings and advice issued by all sectors to take pressure off vital public services.


Written Question
Cybercrime
Wednesday 14th July 2021

Asked by: Baroness Merron (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government when the updated Cyber Strategy will be published.

Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal

The Integrated Review published in March set a goal of cementing the UK’s position as a leading responsible and democratic cyber power, and committed to launching a new comprehensive cyber strategy in 2021 to implement this vision. The strategy will set out how we will build up the UK’s cyber resilience; deter our adversaries; and influence tomorrow’s technologies so they are safe, secure and open. Work is well underway to develop the new strategy, and the government plans to continue engaging with partners before publishing it later this year and aligning with funding decisions in the next Spending Review.