AI Action Plan Explorer

In Year 1, the Justice AI Unit's dedicated platform engineers alongside Justice Digital, Data & Science (JDDS) colleagues have worked jointly to address infrastructure challenges to strengthen AI readiness. Core digital and engineering infrastructure has been established to support AI delivery at scale, including secure cloud compute, resilient data processing arrangements and shared platform components.

We have also made progress on data and integration foundations. The Integration Hub is being developed to support event-based data movement, improving the timeliness and consistency of data flows critical for AI solutions. Enhancements to API integration are making it easier for teams to consume data, while enhancements to the analytics environment are establishing a central analytical platform with a clearer single source of truth.

The insourcing of LAN, Wi-Fi, WAN overlay and Network Security solutions has significantly improved visibility of performance and operational data, strengthened the security posture and simplified and modernised the network estate, ultimately providing users with faster, more stable and more flexible connectivity.

In Year 2, we will improve consistency of access to core AI infrastructure and services for engineers while enhancing platforms to support end-to-end scalability, security and resilience. We will also further expand foundational platforms, such as the Justice Data Mesh, to improve AI tools' access to high-quality data. AI and digital teams will also jointly explore AI and model capability marketplaces, with a focus on enabling engineers to securely access shared AI services, supporting faster development and greater reuse opportunities as AI adoption grows.

With Chief Technology Officer oversight, we will continue streamlining how AI models are accessed across the organisation. Providing consistent access to AI models through standard departmental gateways has strengthened our governance and control. By concentrating access through approved platforms, we will gain greater visibility of how AI is being used, can apply consistent security and policy controls, and are better able to manage risks, usage patterns and compliance obligations. This gives the department a level of oversight and assurance that would be difficult to achieve through fragmented or unmanaged access routes.