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Gangs: Databases

Commons · Question 27937 · Tabled 31 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 6 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed deletion of the Gang Violence Matrix on (a) legal risks and (b) access to justice for affected people.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 6 Feb 2025

The now decommissioned Gang Violence Matrix (GVM) was an operational risk assessment tool used by the Metropolitan Police. The Metropolitan Police is the controller of this data and is operationally independent of Government.The Metropolitan Police has al...