Question follow-through · 26574

Gangs: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to contact people who were included on the Gang Violence Matrix to enable them to access their information before its deletion on 13 February 2025.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
27 Jan 2025
Target answer date
30 Jan 2025
Answer
30 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to contact people who were included on the Gang Violence Matrix to enable them to access their information before its deletion on 13 February 2025.

  2. 30 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Gang Violence Matrix (GVM) was an operational intelligence tool used by the Metropolitan Police to identify and risk-assess individuals involved with gangs across London.The deletion of the data held on the GVM is an operational matter for the Metropo...

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