Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to monitor the accuracy and effectiveness of AI systems used by the Civil Service.

Responsibility for monitoring the AI systems built or procured for use by the civil service lies with the Department that procures the system.

DSIT supports departments in their adoption of AI systems through guidance like the AI Playbook for Government which provided advice on how to govern AI systems, including risk mitigation, AI quality assurance and operational monitoring. Within DSIT, teams like the Incubator for AI regularly publish evaluations of their tools on ai.gov.uk.