United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 98999
Biometrics
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10 December 2025
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6 January 2026 · Answer
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6 January 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent analysis her Department has conducted on the potential benefits of utilising live facial recognition systems.
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10 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent analysis her Department has conducted on the potential benefits of utilising live facial recognition systems.
Source: Commons
6 January 2026
Answer
The Home Office does not hold data on the number of convictions made following the police’s use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology. Where police forces are using live facial recognition technology, the number of arrests made following each deplo...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-10/98999
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1862601
- uk · wq-1862601 · source updated 6 January 2026