Passports: Databases

(asked on 20th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to provide access to the passport photo database to police forces.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 28th November 2023

The sharing of passport data with law enforcement agencies for the purpose of preventing and detecting crime is longstanding, and is provided for within His Majesty’s Passport Office’s Privacy Information Notice:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpo-privacy-information-notice#full-publication-update-history

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