United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 23609
Biometrics
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24 April 2024
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2 May 2024 · Answer
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2 May 2024
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted using facial recognition software.
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24 April 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted using facial recognition software.
Source: Commons
2 May 2024
Answer
Facial recognition is used by police as an identification tool to search an image of an unknown suspect against the images of people taken on arrest (‘custody images’), or to locate people in an intelligence-led way, by scanning live crowds and comparing ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-24/23609
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1713630
- uk · wq-1713630 · source updated 2 May 2024