Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to what extent their Department makes use of artificial intelligence in the implementation of its policies; and how much was spent from their Department’s budget on artificial intelligence in each of the last three years.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a broad concept and includes a wide range of techniques including machine learning, natural language processing, and computer vision amongst others.

The Home Office is committed to using the latest technology to improve public services including using processes and algorithms developed using such artificial intelligence techniques. This is not undertaken as standalone activity and these techniques could be employed across a wide range of Home Office business areas. No centrally held register exists, and as such it would be of disproportionate cost to determine the use and spend over the last three years.