Written Question·Home Office·UIN 26578

Police: Data Protection

Tabled: 27 January 2025

Answered: 30 January 2025

Question

Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help improve the transparency of processes for the (a) collection, (b) retention and (c) use of data by the police.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

The Gang Violence Matrix (GVM) was an operational intelligence tool used by the Metropolitan Police to identify and risk-assess individuals involved with gangs across London.The deletion of the data held on the GVM is an operational matter for the Metropo...

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