Written Question·Home Office·UIN 27574

Gangs: Databases

Tabled: 30 January 2025
Answered: 4 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Kim Johnson

LabourLiverpool Riverside

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Metropolitan Police on taking steps to allow people who have been wrongfully included on the gang violence matrix to challenge their inclusion before the deletion

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The Gangs Violence Matrix (GVM) was an intelligence tool used by the Metropolitan Police to identify and risk-assess individuals involved with gangs across London.The police are operationally independent of the government, and the GVM was devised and oper...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 27574) →