United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 119366
Biometrics: Arrests
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10 March 2026
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25 March 2026 · Answer
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25 March 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who may have been wrongly arrested or questioned by police as a result of incorrect facial recognition matches produced by the Cognitec FaceVACS-DBSc
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10 March 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who may have been wrongly arrested or questioned by police as a result of incorrect facial recognition matches produced by the Cognitec FaceVACS-DBSc
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25 March 2026
Answer
The Home Secretary has commissioned His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary (HMICFRS) to conduct an inspection of police and relevant law enforcement agencies’ use of retrospective facial recognition. The detail of the inspection and publication of ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-03-10/119366
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1889570
- uk · wq-1889570 · source updated 25 March 2026