Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 27937

Gangs: Databases

Tabled: 31 January 2025
Answered: 6 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Kim Johnson

LabourLiverpool Riverside

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed deletion of the Gang Violence Matrix on (a) legal risks and (b) access to justice for affected people.

Answer

Sarah Sackman
The now decommissioned Gang Violence Matrix (GVM) was an operational risk assessment tool used by the Metropolitan Police. The Metropolitan Police is the controller of this data and is operationally independent of Government.The Metropolitan Police has al...

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