Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish the conflicts assessment prepared in accordance with section 83 of the Procurement Act 2023 in relation to the award of a contract to Mila Quebec AI Institute in May 2025 for the delivery of the 2025/2026 International AI Safety Report; and if not, whether they intend to publish a summary of the conflicts and proposed mitigations recorded in the assessment.

Section 83 of the Procurement Act 2023 requires contracting authorities to prepare, and keep under review, a conflicts assessment, and to confirm in the relevant procurement notice that this has been done. The Act does not require the conflicts assessment itself to be published. The Government has complied with this requirement by confirming in the relevant Contract Award Notice that a conflict of interest assessment was undertaken for this procurement.