Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to understand the impact artificial intelligence may have to civil liberties of people within the UK.

Artificial Intelligence presents significant opportunities for Government to improve public services and analysis and insight. Its application also brings new challenges.

The Home Office has policies and procedures in place to ensure impacts are thoroughly considered on a case-by-case basis, undertaking its statutory duties including Equality Impact Assessments, Data Protection Impact Assessments, plus the Analytical Quality Assurance process. The Home Office is using cross-government initiatives to inform its work and has been actively engaged with the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) to address questions regarding ethical use of data within the sector.