Public Order: Technology
Commons · Question 108206 · Tabled 26 Jan 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to policing bodies on the use of (a) artificial intelligence and (b) generative technologies in (i) gathering and (ii) analysing intelligence related to public
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 4 Feb 2026
The Government recognises that public confidence in policing is fundamental to the effectiveness of the police and to the principle of policing by consent.I met the Acting Chief Constable, Scott Green, for West Midlands Police on 21 January. I was assured...