Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 192454

Domestic Abuse: Lie Detectors

Tabled: 4 July 2023

Answered: 10 July 2023

Named Day

Question

Alex Davies-Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of polygraph testing in high-risk domestic abuse cases.

Answer

Edward Argar

Prior to polygraph testing being rolled out across the Probation Service in 2014, an evaluation of its effectiveness with high-risk sex offenders on licence was undertaken and a report published in 2012. The report is publicly available here: The evaluati...

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