Written Question·Home Office·UIN 28887

Police: Biometrics

Tabled: 5 February 2025
Answered: 11 February 2025
Named Day

Question

David Davis

ConservativeGoole and Pocklington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who are not wanted for arrest have been placed on police facial recognition watchlists.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Watchlists for live facial recognition deployments are compiled by the police and are specific to the operational requirements of each deploymentThe College of Policing have published national guidance which sets out the categories of people that can be i...

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