{"title":"NAO AND PAC — THE PARLIAMENT AI UNIVERSE","built":"2026-11-01 08:14 UTC","last_checked":"2026-10-28","checked_range":["2026-10-28","2026-10-28"],"as_of":"2026-10-28","buckets":[{"key":"unit","label":"Units and teams","color":"#8E2433","count":0},{"key":"system","label":"AI systems in use","color":"#1F2F4F","count":0},{"key":"prog","label":"Programmes and funds","color":"#2F5A45","count":0},{"key":"skills","label":"Skills and training","color":"#6E5716","count":0},{"key":"infra","label":"Compute and data infrastructure","color":"#54476E","count":0},{"key":"gov","label":"Governance and assurance","color":"#3E4555","count":0},{"key":"part","label":"Partnerships","color":"#5C5240","count":0},{"key":"rule","label":"Rules and law","color":"#A3394B","count":3},{"key":"reg","label":"Regulator actions","color":"#3D5A80","count":0}],"divisions":[{"key":"national-audit-office","label":"National Audit Office","count":3,"depts":[{"dept":"National Audit Office","count":3}]}],"colleges":[],"nodes":[{"id":"GOV-PARL-018","name":"National Audit Office — \"Use of artificial intelligence in government\" (HC 612, Session 2023–24)","type":"Rules and law","category":"NAO and PAC","affiliation":"Group page (Commons, Lords, joint committees, bills, POST, APPG, NAO and PAC)","status_group":"closed","status":"closed — 2024-03-15","function":"NAO value-for-money report on AI use across government, published 15 March 2024. The NAO surveyed 89 government bodies, including the main departments. Of those that responded, 37% had already deployed AI, typically with one or two use cases, and 70% were piloting or planning AI, typically exploring four use cases each. The NAO found the government's draft AI adoption strategy was at an early stage and did not set out ownership and accountability for delivery, and that bodies found it hard to attract and keep staff with AI skills. It said AI could potentially deliver billions of pounds in productivity savings. It was the basis of the PAC's 2025 report (GOV-PARL-015). The NAO report page itself was not opened; figures are from the NAO's press release.","composition":"","parent":"House of Commons (NAO reports to Parliament)","parent_research":"House of Commons (NAO reports to Parliament)","relationships":"","notes":"Added or updated by Supplement 1 (edition 2.1).","checked":"2026-10-28","website":[],"sources":["https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmselect/cmpubacc/356/report.html","https://nao.org.uk/press-releases/government-encouraged-to-tackle-barriers-to-realising-the-benefits-of-ai","https://nao.org.uk/press-releases/government-encouraged-to-tackle-barriers-to-realising-the-benefits-of-ai","https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/good-practice-guide-for-organisations-using-ai.pdf"],"source_quotes":[{"url":"https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmselect/cmpubacc/356/report.html","quotes":["Use of artificial intelligence in government,","over two–thirds (70%) were piloting or planning AI use"],"accessed":"2026-10-28","secondary":false,"raw":""},{"url":"https://nao.org.uk/press-releases/government-encouraged-to-tackle-barriers-to-realising-the-benefits-of-ai","quotes":["AI offers government opportunities to transform public services and deliver better outcomes for the taxpayer."],"accessed":"2026-10-28","secondary":false,"raw":""},{"url":"https://nao.org.uk/press-releases/government-encouraged-to-tackle-barriers-to-realising-the-benefits-of-ai","quotes":["the NAO surveyed 89 government bodies including the main government departments.","just over a third of respondents (37%) having already deployed AI, with typically one or two use cases.","Nearly three quarters (70%) of government bodies responding to the survey are piloting or planning AI.","with typically four use cases being explored per body.","is at an early stage and does not yet set out overall ownership and accountability for delivery.","difficulties attracting and retaining staff with AI skills.","15 Mar 2024"],"accessed":"2026-10-28","secondary":false,"raw":""},{"url":"https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/good-practice-guide-for-organisations-using-ai.pdf","quotes":["Use of artificial intelligence in government"],"accessed":"2026-10-28","secondary":false,"raw":""}],"bucket":"rule","depts":[{"dept":"National Audit Office","div":"national-audit-office"}],"colleges":[],"directorate":"National Audit Office","previous_parent":null,"parent_changed":null,"head":"Gareth Davies, head of the NAO at publication","established":"2024-03-15","location":null,"money":null,"supplier_id_guess":null,"system":null,"rule":{"kind":"report","stage":"published","stage_date":"2024-03-15","sponsor":"National Audit Office","applies_to":"central government bodies"},"topics":["public-sector adoption","data"],"confidence":"verified","confidence_raw":"verified","one_source":false,"as_of":"2026-10-28","rec_table":[],"ext_links":[{"kind":"related","id":"GOV-PARL-015","name":"Public Accounts Committee — \"Use of AI in Government\" (18th Report, Session 2024–25)","page":"parliament/commons-committees","href":"../../parliament/commons-committees/#org=GOV-PARL-015","page_label":"Commons committees"}],"link_texts":[{"kind":"related","target":"GOV-PARL-015","ids":["GOV-PARL-015"]},{"kind":"related","target":"GOV-PARL-088","ids":["GOV-PARL-088"]},{"kind":"related","target":"GOV-PARL-089","ids":["GOV-PARL-089"]}],"div_label":"National Audit Office","degree":2,"related_ids":["GOV-PARL-088","GOV-PARL-089"]},{"id":"GOV-PARL-088","name":"National Audit Office — \"Good practice guide for organisations using AI\" (May 2026)","type":"Rules and law","category":"NAO and PAC","affiliation":"Group page (Commons, Lords, joint committees, bills, POST, APPG, NAO and PAC)","status_group":"current","status":"current — 2026-05","function":"NAO guide for audit and risk assurance committees on overseeing the planning, deployment and scaling of AI in public sector bodies. It draws on NAO findings and the government's AI Playbook. Sections cover where AI is used in government and questions to ask on innovation, AI strategy, leadership and skills, data, security, pilots, scaling, guardrails, and workforce and culture. It refers back to the NAO's 2024 report (GOV-PARL-018). The first NAO AI output found after the 2024 report; no 2025–26 NAO value-for-money report on government AI was found.","composition":"","parent":"House of Commons (NAO reports to Parliament)","parent_research":"House of Commons (NAO reports to Parliament)","relationships":"","notes":"Added or updated by Supplement 1 (edition 2.1).","checked":"2026-10-28","website":[],"sources":["https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/good-practice-guide-for-organisations-using-ai.pdf"],"source_quotes":[{"url":"https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/good-practice-guide-for-organisations-using-ai.pdf","quotes":["This guide highlights key considerations for audit and risk assurance committees when overseeing","the planning, deployment and scaling of artificial intelligence (AI) within public sector organisations.","May 2026"],"accessed":"2026-10-28","secondary":false,"raw":""}],"bucket":"rule","depts":[{"dept":"National Audit Office","div":"national-audit-office"}],"colleges":[],"directorate":"National Audit Office","previous_parent":null,"parent_changed":null,"head":null,"established":"2026-05","location":null,"money":null,"supplier_id_guess":null,"system":null,"rule":{"kind":"guidance","stage":"published","stage_date":"2026-05","sponsor":"National Audit Office","applies_to":"audit and risk assurance committees of public sector bodies"},"topics":["public-sector adoption","regulation and standards"],"confidence":"single_source","confidence_raw":"single_source","one_source":true,"as_of":"2026-10-28","rec_table":[],"ext_links":[],"link_texts":[{"kind":"related","target":"GOV-PARL-018","ids":["GOV-PARL-018"]},{"kind":"related","target":"GOV-PARL-089","ids":["GOV-PARL-089"]}],"div_label":"National Audit Office","degree":2,"related_ids":["GOV-PARL-018","GOV-PARL-089"]},{"id":"GOV-PARL-089","name":"The NAO's AI Strategy — \"The future of Artificial Intelligence in our work\" (2026)","type":"Rules and law","category":"NAO and PAC","affiliation":"Group page (Commons, Lords, joint committees, bills, POST, APPG, NAO and PAC)","status_group":"current","status":"current — 2026","function":"The NAO's own strategy for how it audits AI and uses AI in its work. It sets seven AI principles (transparent, high-quality, data protected, valuable, explainable, ethical, secure), three goals (trust, value, impact) and five priority action areas, with a maturity pathway from \"Foundations\" (2025) and \"Evidenced value\" (2026–27) to \"Embedded and scalable\" (2027–29), \"Business as usual\" (2030–2035) and \"Adaptive and future ready\" (2035 and beyond). The NAO Executive Team is accountable. The only tool named is \"Copilot\" (\"Roll out Copilot and core AI tooling within guardrails\"); the maker is not named on the page. No month is printed; the file path suggests August 2026 [unverified — check]. 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