Request for regulators to publish an update on their strategic approach to AI: Secretary of State letters

Letter from DSIT Secretary of State and the Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister to the Financial Conduct Authority - HTML

Letter from DSIT Secretary of State and the Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister to the Bank of England - HTML

Letter from DSIT Secretary of State to the Information Commissioner's Office - HTML

Letter from DSIT Secretary of State to the Office of Communications - HTML

Letter from DSIT and DHSC Secretaries of State to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency - HTML

Letter from DSIT and DWP Secretaries of State to the Office for Nuclear Regulation - HMTL

Letter from DSIT and DWP Secretaries of State to the Health and Safety Executive - HTML

Letter from DSIT and DfE Secretaries of State to the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills - HTML

Letter from DSIT and DfE Secretaries of State to the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation - HTML

Letter from DSIT and MoJ Secretaries of State to the Legal Services Board - HTML

Letter from DSIT and DESNZ Secretaries of State to the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets - HTML

Letter from DSIT and DBT Secretaries of State to the Competition and Markets Authority - HTML

Letter from DSIT and DBT Secretaries of State to the Equality and Human Rights Commission - HTML

The attached letters show correspondence between the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, alongside her counterparts from departments, and regulators involved in the oversight of AI.

The letters set out a request for an initial set of regulators to publish an update by 30 April 2024, outlining their strategic approach to AI and the steps they are taking in line with the expectations in the AI Regulation White Paper; this includes, but is not limited to, the main digital regulators forming the DRCF, along with key regulators responsible for healthcare, finance, education, and the enforcement of human rights.

AI will have implications for a much wider range of regulators as its impact across the economy continues to increase. Our recently published guidance is intended to help all regulators with the implementation of or the regulatory principles, and in the interest of transparency we encourage all regulatory bodies to consider publishing their own updates.