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<p>Please be assured that assessments of bias have been conducted for all IRIS machine
learning models and the screening to date has not identified any areas of concern.
The outcomes will be published in summer 2024 within DWP’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>
</p><p>The department always ensures appropriate safeguards are in place. There are
detailed Data Protection Impact Assessments and Equality Analysis that accompany our
machine learning models, and these are live documents that are kept updated. We also
work closely with legal colleagues to ensure our use of machine learning is legal
and proportionate. As an additional safeguard, all decisions on claims are made by
DWP case workers based on all the facts and individual circumstances of the claim.</p>
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