Written Question·Home Office·UIN 108989

Crime: Surrey Heath

Tabled: 27 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal DemocratSurrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the rollout of facial recognition technology on levels of crime in Surrey Heath constituency.

Answer

Sarah Jones
No assessment has been made for the impact of the rollout of facial recognition technology on crime levels specifically within Surrey Heath constituency.However, a national evaluation is in progress to understand the impact of police use of facial recogni...

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