According to new trial results, AI assistants are saving government coders the equivalent of 28 working days a year.

More than 1,000 developers have been able to build more tech like the Whitehall’s Humphrey AI assistant, healthcare tech and more.

The time savings from the AI assistants mostly came from using them to write first drafts of code that experts then edit, or using them to review existing code. However, only 15 per cent of code generated by the AI coding assistants was used without any edits.

Technology minister Kanishka Narayan said: "For too long, essential public services have been slow to use new technology – we have a lot of catching up to do. These results show that our engineers are hungry to use AI to get that work done more quickly, and know how to use it safely.

"This is exactly how I want us to use AI and other technology to make sure we are delivering the standard of public services people expect – both in terms of accuracy and efficiency. With a £45 billion jackpot at stake, it’s not an opportunity we can pass up, as it can help cut backlogs and save money."