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date	18/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Biometrics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which Government departments are using facial biometric technology; and for what reasons and purposes.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL2233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>Two Government departments have involvement with this type of technology.</p><p>The Home Office operates the e-gates facial recognition system at some airports. This compares a person’s face with biometric information held in their passport. The purpose of this system is to verify identity and speed entry to the UK by reducing the need for people to pass through desks staffed by immigration officers.</p><p>The Home Office also operates the Police National Database on behalf of police forces. This includes a database of facial images taken from people who have been arrested. Images of suspects can be compared with this database for the purpose of detection of crime.</p><p>The Department for Transport regulates Eurotunnel’s use of biometric checks on staff entry to high security zones but it does not use facial biometric technology to run checks on members of the public.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 01/11/2017 16:59:45 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

751156

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Breastfeeding
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 11 July (HL 291), why changing the system of courtesy titles for (1) the spouses of women members, and (2) the same sex spouses and civil partners of members, of the House of Lords is not a priority for the current parliamentary session.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does take the issue of inherent inequalities seriously, however, the Government’s priorities for the coming Parliamentary session were set out in The Queen’s Speech.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/07/2017 15:40:20 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

750569

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Passports: Offenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by  Lord Bridges of Headley on 27 June 2016 (HL662), whether they intend to prioritise the establishment of honorary titles for the spouses of women members of the House of Lords; and for same sex spouses and civil partners of members of the House of Lords.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the answer I gave Lord Lexden on 11 July 2017 (HL291): The Government is sympathetic to those who are seeking to change the current system of courtesy titles, and has considered this complex issue. However, resolving this difficult matter is not a priority for the current Parliamentary session.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 13/07/2017 14:41:46 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven