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Biometrics

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentHome OfficeTabled Answered 19 December 2025UIN 98998

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to assess how live facial recognition systems are used in other countries and how those approaches may be used in the UK.

Answered by Sarah Jones

The Home Office routinely makes international comparisons in policy development work. As part of designing a new legal framework for law enforcement use of biometrics, facial recognition and similar technologies, international comparisons will be considered.

The Government launched a public consultation on this framework on 4 December.

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