Question follow-through · 100682

Automatic Number Plate Recognition

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how inaccuracies in vehicle databases are accounted for when ANPR data is used in policing decisions.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 16 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 18 Dec 2025
Answer: 29 Jan 2026 · 44 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

16 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how inaccuracies in vehicle databases are accounted for when ANPR data is used in policing decisions.
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2026
Answer published
ANPR is a valuable tool to help the police tackle crime and keep the road safe. We keep the effectiveness of police and law enforcement use of ANPR under regular review, to ensure it remains a robust tool for identifying vehicles of interest to the police...

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