Police: Technology
Commons · Question 7720 · Tabled 8 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Iqbal Mohamed
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department assesses the (a) ethical and (b) human-rights context in which surveillance technologies developed by overseas companies were (i) developed and (ii) deployed before procuring su
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 18 Jun 2026
On 4 December last year, the Government launched a public consultation on when and how biometrics, facial recognition and similar technologies should be used, and what safeguards and oversight are needed. The consultation has now closed and a formal Gover...