Written Question·Home Office·UIN 108170
Police: Biometrics
Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026
Named DayQuestion
David Davis
Conservative — Goole and Pocklington
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has set a threshold for an acceptable proportion of misidentifications arising from police use of live facial recognition.
Answer
Sarah JonesThe Home Office has not assessed the potential merits of a specific compensation scheme for people wrongly identified by live facial recognition used by police.The Home Office has not set a threshold for an acceptable proportion of misidentifications aris...
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