Written Question·Home Office·UIN 23609
Biometrics
Tabled: 24 April 2024
Answered: 2 May 2024
Question
Navendu Mishra
Labour — Stockport
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted using facial recognition software.
Answer
Chris PhilpFacial recognition is used by police as an identification tool to search an image of an unknown suspect against the images of people taken on arrest (‘custody images’), or to locate people in an intelligence-led way, by scanning live crowds and comparing ...
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