Question follow-through · 111254
Police: Biometrics
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a list of stakeholders that ministers have met to develop a best practice guidance for the use of Live Facial Recognition technology by the police.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 11 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a list of stakeholders that ministers have met to develop a best practice guidance for the use of Live Facial Recognition technology by the police.
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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11 Feb 2026
Answer published
Police use of live facial recognition (LFR) is governed by data protection legislation, which requires that any processing of biometric data is lawful, fair, proportionate and subject to appropriate safeguards.The Home Office does not collect or store dat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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