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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...