Written Question·Home Office·UIN 98998
Biometrics
Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 19 December 2025
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to assess how live facial recognition systems are used in other countries and how those approaches may be used in the UK.
Answer
Sarah JonesThe Home Office routinely makes international comparisons in policy development work. As part of designing a new legal framework for law enforcement use of biometrics, facial recognition and similar technologies, international comparisons will be consider...
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