Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK police forces have written procedures, regulations or guidelines in place governing the use of mobile phone extraction tools.

The Home Office does not hold information on the number of mobile phones and other electronic devices that had data extracted using self service kiosks or regional hubs. In addition, the department does not hold information on the number of UK forces that have written procedures, regulations or guidelines governing the use of mobile phone extraction tools. Operational guidance is a matter for policing.

The Home Office is not aware of any representations on the deletion of mobile phone data extracted from suspects released without charge.