Iqbal Mohamed MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Police: SurveillanceHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has issued UK-wide guidance on the ethical deployment of surveillance technologies by police forces.
Answer: The Government has not issued specific guidance on the ethical deployment of surveillance technologies, including facial recognition. However, when using these technologies, police forces must comply with data protection, equality, human rights and other ...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards she has introduced to help ensure that digital forensic tools cannot be used for (a) remote access and (b) bulk data collection beyond lawful investigations.
Answer: All digital forensic activity must comply with existing legislation, including the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has advised any police forces not to activate facial recognition functions within surveillance software.
Answer: The Home Office has not issued advice to police forces on the activation of specific facial recognition functions within surveillance software.The use of facial recognition technology by police forces is an operational matter for chief constables, who are...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordBiometricsHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what oversight mechanisms she has introduced to monitor compliance with (a) data protection, (b) equalities and (c) human rights obligations in the use of facial recognition technology.
Answer: The Government has not issued specific guidance on the ethical deployment of surveillance technologies, including facial recognition. However, when using these technologies, police forces must comply with data protection, equality, human rights and other ...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department assesses the (a) ethical and (b) human-rights context in which surveillance technologies developed by overseas companies were (i) developed and (ii) deployed before procuring su
Answer: On 4 December last year, the Government launched a public consultation on when and how biometrics, facial recognition and similar technologies should be used, and what safeguards and oversight are needed. The consultation has now closed and a formal Gover...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Israeli companies have supplied (a) surveillance, (b) digital forensics and (c) facial-recognition technology to UK police forces since 2020.
Answer: The Home Office does not collect information on the nationality of companies supplying technology to UK police forces and law enforcement bodies. The procurement of technologies is a matter for individual organisations, having considered the legal, ethica...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which UK police forces and law-enforcement bodies have (a) procured and (b) used (i) surveillance, (ii) digital forensics and (iii) facial-recognition technologies supplied by overseas companies since
Answer: The Home Office does not collect information on the nationality of companies supplying technology to UK police forces and law enforcement bodies. The procurement of technologies is a matter for individual organisations, having considered the legal, ethica...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMetropolitan Police: ICTHome OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has given to the Metropolitan Police on (a) governance, (b) retention and (c) oversight arrangements on continuous integrity screening in the Metropolitan Police's Unified
Answer: Police Forces are operationally independent, and the Home Office does not monitor whether ethical reviews have been conducted by Police Forces, nor has the department issued guidance on the Metropolitan Police’s governance, retention or oversight arrangem...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMetropolitan Police: ICTHome OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on whether an ethical review of the Palantir Unified Data Platform trial with the Metropolitan police has been completed.
Answer: Police Forces are operationally independent, and the Home Office does not monitor whether ethical reviews have been conducted by Police Forces, nor has the department issued guidance on the Metropolitan Police’s governance, retention or oversight arrangem...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMetropolitan Police: PalantirHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Met’s Data Protection Impact Assessment of its Unified Data Platform trial with Palantir has been reviewed and, where necessary, updated and re-approved by the Data protection Officr to re
Answer: Police Forces are operationally independent, and the Home Office does not review their Data Protection Impact Assessments and does not hold this information.
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMetropolitan Police: PalantirHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what categories of personal and special category data have been ingested by or made available to Palantir in its Unified Data Platform trial with the Metropolitan police, and whether a summary can be
Answer: Police Forces are operationally independent, and the Home Office does not review their Data Protection Impact Assessments and does not hold this information.
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: ProcurementHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance exists on recording and publishing local supplier risk assessments when procuring AI or data platforms via central frameworks.
Answer: The Government has issued cross‑government guidance on managing risk in procurements, including where Artificial Intelligence (AI) or data platforms are involved. This applies equally to procurements via central frameworks. Contracting authorities are exp...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: InspectionsHome OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with regard to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit Annual Report 2024, published in December 2025, how the number of unannounced audits in 2024 compares with previous years; and whether she she is
Answer: The numbers of unannounced audits conducted are reported in the published Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU) Annual Reports.YearNumber of unannounced audits202410202314202210 The Annual Report for 2024 can be found at:https://www.gov.uk/government/...
Answered 27 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordProtective Security for Mosques SchemeHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will amend the Protective Security for Mosques scheme to remove the requirement for a hate crime to have already been committed in order to qualify for protective security.
Answer: Mosques and associated Muslim community centres where regular worship takes place are eligible to apply for the Protective Security for Mosques scheme through the application form on gov.uk.Applicants are asked to provide a summary of any security concern...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPalestine ActionHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her comments to the BBC on 11 August 2025, whether her Department presented information to the courts during legal proceedings relating to the proscription of Palestine Action on peo
Answer: The material relied upon by the Court in its decision making is referenced throughout the judgment which is publicly available here: R (Ammori) v SSHD OPEN Judgment (final)The open material referred to during the proceedings can be requested from the cour...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPalestine ActionHome OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will publish the material her Department disclosed to the courts and the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation on Palestine Action.
Answer: The material relied upon by the Court in its decision making is referenced throughout the judgment which is publicly available. R (Ammori) v SSHD OPEN Judgment (final)The open material referred to during the proceedings can be requested from the court in ...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: ProsecutionsHome OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether charging thresholds for domestic abuse-related common assault support early intervention in cases of repeat offending; and whether she plans to review the existing charging framework.
Answer: We remain committed to supporting the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and police in exploring how expanding police-led charging decisions for specific domestic abuse cases can improve outcomes for domestic abuse victims and survivors.The Home Office has b...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: ProsecutionsHome OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of current charging thresholds for domestic abuse-related common assault offences on the ability of the police to bring timely charges.
Answer: We remain committed to supporting the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and police in exploring how expanding police-led charging decisions for specific domestic abuse cases can improve outcomes for domestic abuse victims and survivors.The Home Office has b...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
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