FOI Request - Use of AI in Social Work and Social Care

Request 101003957906

Scope of request
1. Please provide information held and reasonably retrievable that explains how your organisation has reached its current position on the use (or non use) of AI in Social Work and Social Care settings, particularly where AI supports, influences, or has been considered for practitioner tasks (for example: case recording, decision support, triage, risk assessment, workflow automation, quality assurance, or management oversight).

This includes information relating to:

a) Planning and decision making

b) Procurement, commissioning, and soft market testing

c) Governance, assurance, and information governance

d) Implementation and system design

e) Operational use or pilot activity

The request is intentionally focused on key decisions, approved approaches, and high level documentation, rather than all drafts, working papers, or routine operational records.

Structured data collection
2. To support proportionate and efficient handling of this request, and to help minimise cost and effort, I have provided a standard FOI data collection template.

Please submit your response using the following Microsoft Form (or attach documents where more appropriate):

FOI AI in Social Work – Data Collection Template AI in Statutory Social Work – UK Local Authority FOI Questionnaire – Fill in form

The form mirrors FOI compliant categories and allows for:

a) Summary level responses

b) Explanations where information is not held or not applicable

Correspondence
3. Where held, please include key correspondence (or summaries / representative samples) that informed or recorded decisions about AI use in Social Work or Social Care, including correspondence with:

a) Senior officers

b) Programme or digital teams

c) Information governance staff

d) Suppliers or technology partners

Full email chains are not required where summaries or decision records are available.

Cost limits and exemptions
4. If complying with any part of this request would exceed the statutory cost limit, please:

a) Identify the specific elements that cause difficulty, and

b) Provide the remaining information that can be disclosed within the cost limit