Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will review the national retention rules for the police national computer system to bring them in line with the management of police information principles of proportionality and necessity.

The retention rules for the Police National Computer are set by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), and are currently under review.

The NPCC, working closely with criminal justice partners, the Home Office, the Information Commissioner’s Office as well as key stakeholders, are exploring as part of this review whether any changes should be made.

In doing so, the review team will consider the implications of the five chief constables case and the more recent Broadfoot judgment (2021 PNC retention judgment).