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Gangs: Databases

Commons · Question 27574 · Tabled 30 Jan 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 4 Feb 2025

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Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Metropolitan Police on taking steps to allow people who have been wrongfully included on the gang violence matrix to challenge their inclusion before the deletion

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 4 Feb 2025

The Gangs Violence Matrix (GVM) was an intelligence tool used by the Metropolitan Police to identify and risk-assess individuals involved with gangs across London.The police are operationally independent of the government, and the GVM was devised and oper...