Question follow-through · 8881
Biometrics: Privacy
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of live facial recognition technology on privacy rights.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of live facial recognition technology on privacy rights.
16 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Police Reform Bill will introduce a new legal framework to underpin law enforcement use of biometrics, facial recognition and similar technologies, making it clear when use of these technologies can be justified, including creation of a single, expert...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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