PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Police: Biometrics (25 June 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many biometric records have been obtained by police forces using automatic facial recognition in each of the last five years.
Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
No information is centrally held on the number of biometric records obtained by police forces using live facial recognition systems. Facial images of passers by which do not match facial images of suspects on a watchlist are deleted immediately.
Answered by:
Kit Malthouse (Conservative)
8 July 2020
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