AI system
- System
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Microsoft Copilot
- Model
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Not assessed
- Release
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Not assessed
- Application developer
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Microsoft - Role
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Not assessed
- Configuration
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Not assessed
- Inputs and outputs
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Not assessed
- Autonomy
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Not assessed
- Workflow
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The council introduced Copilot and supported staff to explore drafting, summarization, and analysis. The wider adoption program included data preparation, governance, training, and human review of outputs.
- Human oversight
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Not assessed
- Relation to AI
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The source identifies Copilot drafting, summarization, and analysis uses. Their operational benefits remain expected. It does not establish that AI produced the staff-confidence or evidence-seeking changes observed in the wider training and governance program.
- AI contribution
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Not assessed
Benefits
- Outcome identifiers
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Not assessed
- Benefit
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North East Derbyshire uses Copilot for drafting, summaries, and analysis. Reduced repetitive work remains intended; the source does not establish an AI-produced cultural benefit.
- Category
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Reduced Task Time
- Status
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Intended benefit
- Beneficiary groups
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Organizations. People.
- Beneficiaries
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Not assessed
- Reach
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Not assessed
- Distribution and access
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Not assessed
- Duration
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Not assessed
- Expected?
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Yes
- Costs and harms
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Not assessed
Measurement
- Studies
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Not assessed
- Study design
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Not assessed
- Measurement
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Not assessed
- Setting and sample
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Not assessed
- Measures
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Not assessed
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Results
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Not assessed
- Additional value from AI
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Not assessed
- Limitations
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Not assessed
- Denominators
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Not assessed
- Materials for replication
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Not assessed
Money
- Kind of value
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Not assessed
- Amount
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Not assessed
- Currency and prices
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Not assessed
- Period and unit
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Not assessed
- Realization
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Not assessed
- Recipients and payers
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Not assessed
- Gross or net
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Not assessed
- Included costs
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Not assessed
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Method
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Not assessed
- Return and payback
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Not assessed
People and places
- Participants
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Developer:
Microsoft. Operator: North East Derbyshire District Council. - Jurisdictions
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Benefit:
United Kingdom. - Ownership and control
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Not assessed
- Dependencies
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Not assessed
- Cross-border connections
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Not assessed
- Geopolitical implications
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Not assessed
Follow-up
- Conditions for replication
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The conditions needed to reproduce a benefit from AI are unknown.
- Replication attempts
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Not assessed
- Later findings
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Not assessed
- Availability
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Not assessed
- Institutional decision
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Not assessed
- Grounds
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Not assessed
- Action and result
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Not assessed
- Success criterion
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Not assessed
Evidence
- Source numbers
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AIBD-0556-source-0001
- Citations
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Numbered references below. [1]
- Language
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Not assessed
- Source relationships
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Operator [1]
- Original evidence
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The sources are listed below. [1]
- Access and versions
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Not assessed
- Supported findings
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Not assessed
- Evidence links
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Not assessed
- Evidence strength
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Not assessed
- Missing evidence
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Not assessed
Grades
- Assessed benefits
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Organizations. People.
- Depth
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Not assessed
- Reasons
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Organizations: The council expects Copilot to reduce repetitive reporting and information-handling work. No realized AI-produced efficiency or decision-quality improvement is established. People: Staff are intended to spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time on analysis. The source does not establish that AI produced the reported confidence or critical-questioning gains.
- Observed or intended
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Intended benefit
- Rubric
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Not assessed
- Assessor and date
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Not assessed
- Alternative assessments
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Not assessed
- Fill
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The deployer's account
Entry details
- Kind
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Not assessed
- Related entries
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Not assessed
- Field
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Local government administration.
- Purpose
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Reduce routine drafting, reporting, and information-handling work so that staff have more time for analysis and service improvement.
- Dates
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Source published: 14 September 2026. Updated: 24 October 2026.
- Stage
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Not assessed
- Version
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SHA-256: 2e4445f7995e…
References
- Other identifiers
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LGA AI case-study bank. LGA-020.
- Category mappings
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Not assessed
- Brief
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Not assessed
- Revisions
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2 revisions. Latest: 24 October 2026.
Sources
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Report Deployer
North East Derbyshire District Council. “North East Derbyshire District Council: using Copilot to support better decisions and organisational change.” Local Government Association, September 14, 2026. Original council account.
deployer