A question on #ForeignCommonwealthAndDevelopmentOffice #ArtificialIntelligence tabled by Sir John Hayes on 17-03-2025 has been answered by Catherine West.

Heading: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Artificial Intelligence
Question ID: 1785124
UIN: 38536
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-17
Asking Member ID: 350
Asking Member display name: Sir John Hayes
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Sir John Hayes
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has banned the use of DeepSeek.
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Date answered: 2025-03-25
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4523
Answering Member display name: Catherine West
Answering Member handle: catherinewest1
Answering Member Twitter reference: @catherinewest1
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Answer text: The Government has a robust set of security policies in place to oversee how information is handled, within our buildings, on our IT, and by our staff. We keep these policies under constant review to ensure they are applicable to new technologies. The AI ...
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Answering body ID: 208
Answering body name: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tweeted: true