United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 99002
Police: Biometrics
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10 December 2025
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6 January 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis on the fiscal implications of utilising live facial recognition systems; and how this compares to traditional policing methods.
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10 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis on the fiscal implications of utilising live facial recognition systems; and how this compares to traditional policing methods.
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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/2025-12-10/99002
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1862604
- uk · wq-1862604 · source updated 6 January 2026