A question on #NaturalDisasters #ArtificialIntelligence tabled by Lord Taylor of Warwick on 19-03-2025 has been answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock.

Heading: Natural Disasters: Artificial Intelligence
Question ID: 1786643
UIN: HL5970
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-03-19
Asking Member ID: 1796
Asking Member display name: Lord Taylor of Warwick
Asking Member handle: Lord_ofWarwick
Asking Member Twitter reference: @Lord_ofWarwick
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ways in which artificial intelligence technologies can be used to predict, and plan resourcing for managing, natural disasters.
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Date answered: 2025-04-03
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4395
Answering Member display name: Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Answering Member handle: suehayman1
Answering Member Twitter reference: @suehayman1
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Answer text: Defra is the Lead Government Department in England with risk ownership for air quality, drought and flooding hazards. MHCLG lead on earthquake and wildfire hazards. The Met Office lead on storms, high temperatures, heatwaves, cold temperatures, snow and s...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true