United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 17605
Artificial Intelligence: Age Assurance
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9 July 2026
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15 July 2026 · Answer
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Artificial intelligence
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15 July 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the AI model that will conduct AI facial age assessments on children at the border; and what assessment she has made of the risk of error and bias in AI facial age assessment technology to con
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9 July 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the AI model that will conduct AI facial age assessments on children at the border; and what assessment she has made of the risk of error and bias in AI facial age assessment technology to con
Source: Commons
15 July 2026
Answer
The Home Office has recently announced that the procurement process for an FAE algorithm has concluded, and a new contract has been awarded to Akhter Computers Ltd, with Cognitec as sub-contractor. The awarded algorithm was trained on the supplier’s propr...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-09/17605
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1926017
- uk · wq-1926017 · source updated 15 July 2026