Police: Technology
Commons · Question 7718 · Tabled 8 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Iqbal Mohamed
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which UK police forces and law-enforcement bodies have (a) procured and (b) used (i) surveillance, (ii) digital forensics and (iii) facial-recognition technologies supplied by overseas companies since
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 11 Jun 2026
The Home Office does not collect information on the nationality of companies supplying technology to UK police forces and law enforcement bodies. The procurement of technologies is a matter for individual organisations, having considered the legal, ethica...