Written Question·Home Office·UIN 23609

Biometrics

Tabled: 24 April 2024
Answered: 2 May 2024

Question

Navendu Mishra

LabourStockport

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 Philp
Facial 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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