Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 18
75th Report - Government use of data analytics on error and fraud
Published 27 Mar 2026
Addressed to HM Treasury
Public Accounts Committee Government use of data analytics on error and fraud All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
To ensure transparency, government bodies are required to disclose the use of algorithms, AI and machine learning through the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS) hub.52 As at February 2026 the hub, which requires records of any such items used in decision making, recorded 110 being used in central government. Of these records, 11 mention ‘fraud’.53 None of the items the NAO report listed as good practice examples were recorded in the hub. DSIT reported that departments find the process challenging as they do not want to provide information that might help fraudsters, and it provides guidance on this subject.54 DSIT acknowledged that the ATRS hub was not a complete record, but told us that it was confident it had recorded the majority of cases.55
From: Public Accounts Committee, 75th Report - Government use of data analytics on error and fraud (HC 891), 27 March 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 1 June 2026 (deadline 27 May 2026).