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Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to set conditions for and regulate the use and deployment of live facial recognition technology by police forces in England and Wales.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
30 Jul 2024
Target answer date
2 Sept 2024
Answer
2 Sept 2024 · 34 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to set conditions for and regulate the use and deployment of live facial recognition technology by police forces in England and Wales.

  2. 2 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    Live facial technology is already being used effectively by some police forces to identify suspects more quickly and accurately.Its use is governed by data protection, equality, and human rights legislation supplemented by specific policing guidance.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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