Question follow-through · 88335
Police: Biometrics
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police departments on appropriate use of live facial recognition technology.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 12 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police departments on appropriate use of live facial recognition technology.
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Home Office has not issued guidance to police forces on the use of live facial recognition (LFR) but the government is responsible for the legal framework. The legal framework governing police use of facial recognition requires compliance with data pr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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