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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Recorded timeline
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.
30 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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