Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to ensure transparency in the use of facial recognition technology by the police.

The Government wants to ensure that facial recognition operates on a firm footing, providing maximum confidence to both the public and the police on the use of these tools. To that end, the Government has been listening carefully to stakeholders and partners and have held a series of roundtables with policing, civil society groups, regulators and others. Formal evaluation work on the impact of the technology is also underway, and we intend to set out our plans in the coming months.