Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance to retailers on the use of live facial recognition technology for (a) security and (b) commercial purposes.

The Home Office has not issued guidance to retailers on the use of live facial recognition technology, as systems used privately are entirely separate from law enforcement systems.

However, all users of FR must comply with the law and the ICO has provided supporting guidance on the use of video surveillance.