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Immigration Enforcement Facial Recognition Policy

The Home Office Immigration Enforcement, overseen by the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, is developing and implementing facial recognition technology for immigration enforcement purposes. The policy is currently active and subject to regulatory scrutiny, with guidance being developed on experimental methods, image quality standards for police national database searches, and age assessment checks.

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2026

15 events
29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Areas of Research interest gov.uk page published by the Government Office for Science, whether she plans to update her Depa

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Areas of Research interest gov.uk page published by the Government Office for Science, whether she plans to update her Department’s area of research interests.

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28 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory requirement for the deletion of custody images where no (a) charg

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory requirement for the deletion of custody images where no (a) charge and (b) conviction follows.

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28 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to WPQ UIN 121674, tabled on 17 March 2026 on Asylum: Artificial Intelligence what a)steps were taken at the design stage to assess b)me

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to WPQ UIN 121674, tabled on 17 March 2026 on Asylum: Artificial Intelligence what a)steps were taken at the design stage to assess b)mechanisms are in place to monitor …

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27 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and upta

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on 11 November 202

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24 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is in place relating to the quality of images required for facial recognition searches using the police national database, in the c

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is in place relating to the quality of images required for facial recognition searches using the police national database, in the context of composite photofit images.

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2025

3 events
22 Jul 2025 | Announcement Home Office linked

Age assessment checks – ICIBI report

UIN: HCWS885 In the Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May, we undertook to improve the robustness of the age assessment process, including exploring scientific and technological methods to ensure that adults entering the asylum or immigration system are not …

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2024

1 event

2022

2 events
19 Dec 2022 | Announcement Home Office linked

Homeland Security Policy Update

UIN: HLWS453 My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Suella Braverman) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today I am pleased to announce the foundational policy elements that will form the basis of this …

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21 Oct 2022 | Bill proceedings linked

HMPPS launched its Home Office Immigration Enforcement project, on behalf of the Home Office, in August 2021. This project extended the use of tagging using GPS tags to Foreign National Offenders who are subject to deportation proceedings. HMPPS rolled out standard fitted tags on schedule, but both it and G4S faced challenges in developing non-fitted devices: removable watches which capture facial recognition scans. Eleven months after HMPPS decided to pursue G4S’s solution, the Ministry of J...

HMPPS launched its Home Office Immigration Enforcement project, on behalf of the Home Office, in August 2021. This project extended the use of tagging using GPS tags to Foreign National Offenders who are subject to deportation proceedings. HMPPS rolled out …

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2020

3 events
17 Jun 2020 | Research Home Office linked

Immigration enforcement

This report assesses whether the Home Office’s activities for enforcing immigration rules are achieving its vision. Report type: value_for_money | Departments: ['Home Office'] | Topics: ['Borders and immigration', 'Refugees and asylum']

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2019

1 event