Written Question·Home Office·UIN 60889

Police: Artificial Intelligence

Tabled: 18 June 2025
Answered: 24 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Clive Lewis

LabourNorwich South

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) safeguards and (b) oversight her Department has in place to monitor the deployment of AI systems by police forces.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
It is for operationally independent Chief Constables to decide when and how they deploy AI systems. They are accountable to elected Police and Crime Commissioners.AI deployment must be lawful, transparent, ethical and underpinned by robust data and govern...

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