Holyhead Port: Biometrics
(asked on 23rd February 2026) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost of the six-day live facial recognition trial at Holyhead port in November 2025.
This question was answered on 26th February 2026
The budget for the Immigration Enforcement Live Facial Recognition trials in Holyhead in November 2025 was £50,000; this was to cover the cost of the police technical support for 6 days of deployments and the watchlist production.
The deployments were completed on budget.