Written Question·Home Office·UIN 17605

Artificial Intelligence: Age Assurance

Tabled: 9 July 2026

Answered: 15 July 2026

Question

Siân Berry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the AI model that will conduct AI facial age assessments on children at the border; and what assessment she has made of the risk of error and bias in AI facial age assessment technology to con

Answer

Alex Norris

The Home Office has recently announced that the procurement process for an FAE algorithm has concluded, and a new contract has been awarded to Akhter Computers Ltd, with Cognitec as sub-contractor. The awarded algorithm was trained on the supplier’s propr...

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