Written Question·Home Office·UIN 98994
Biometrics
Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 6 January 2026
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were scanned by live facial recognition systems in (a) England and (b) Essex in the last 12 months; and what proportion of those people were not suspected of any crime.
Answer
Sarah JonesThe Home Office does not hold data on the number of people scanned following the police’s use of facial recognition technology.Where police forces are using live facial recognition technology (LFR), the number of arrests made following each deployment are...
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