Policy database

This is the full government response to the Online Harms White Paper public consultation. It details the government response to the consultation and follows the publication of the initial government response in February 2020. The first Government Report on Transparency…

Consultation seeking views on our proposed safety ambition for self-driving vehicles. Following a review of the law relating to self-driving vehicles, we are creating a new legal and safety framework for these vehicles. We have set out our proposals in…

The Government sought evidence and views on a range of options on how AI should be dealt with in the patent and copyright systems. This response sets out the conclusions of that process. We considered three specific areas: 1. Copyright…

This document describes the government’s approach to supporting the safe deployment of self-driving vehicles to deliver societal and economic benefits. It includes the government response to: a review of automated vehicle legislation carried out by the Law Commission of England…

The Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have been asked by the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) to review the law relating to automated vehicles (AVs). This report presents our recommendations for a…

The government’s vision for harnessing digital transformation and building a more inclusive, competitive and innovative digital economy. The Digital Strategy is a cross-government strategy which sets out a coherent articulation of the government’s ambitious agenda for digital policy. The strategy…

The CDEI has set out the steps required to build an effective and mature AI assurance ecosystem in the UK. A thriving ecosystem of assurance services and products for AI will enable those involved in the development and deployment of…

This joint action plan sets out how government, the British Standards Institution, the National Physical Laboratory, and United Kingdom Accreditation Service will work together to unlock the full potential of voluntary standards to support innovation and enable its swift and…