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date	21/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometrics: Privacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of live facial recognition technologies on the right to privacy.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	2816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The use of technologies like facial recognition are an operational matter for the police.</p><p>The Government supports police use of facial recognition, including live facial recognition (LFR), which has been helping them to catch criminals including murderers and rapists quickly and accurately. But it is important that the police use it appropriately.</p><p>Its use is subject to data protection, human rights, and equalities laws, which means that it can only be used for a policing purpose, where necessary, proportionate and fair.</p><p>The College of Policing has published an Authorised Professional Practice (APP) on police use of LFR. The APP includes details on when the police can use it, the categories of people they can look for, the requirement for immediate deletion of unmatched biometric data, and the need for a Data Protection Impact Assessment.</p><p>Following a possible alert, it is always a police officer on the ground who will decide what action, if any, to take; all deployments are targeted, intelligence-led, time-bound, and geographically limited; and before a deployment, the police will inform the public where they intend to use the technology and where they can obtain more information on its use. If the LFR system does not make a match with the watchlist of wanted individuals, the person’s biometric data is deleted immediately and automatically.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/11/2023 16:17:24 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1150985

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Extinguishers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 2 July 2019 to Question 270343 on Fire Extinguishers, whether his Department's report referenced in that Answer includes the cost of installing sprinkler systems in new buildings.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	2816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Yes, the second paragraph from the executive summary states the following:</p><p><em>“This Final work stream report describes the findings of the research for Work stream 5 – Sprinkler provisions. The guidance in Approved Document B (AD B) currently provides that most buildings over 30 m tall should have sprinkler protection with the exception of purpose groups: 2(a) – residential (institutional), 2(b) – residential (other) and 7(b) – (car parks). The principal aim of this work stream was to produce robust evidence and data to explore the options for fire sprinklers in tall buildings above 30 m not currently requiring sprinklers.”</em></p><p>Please note that, since July the Department has published a consultation which outlines the government’s intention to amend Approved Document B to reduce the trigger height at which sprinkler systems would be required in new high-rise blocks of flats and asks for views on the trigger height options. The consultation is available at the following and closes on 28 November 2019: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fsprinklers-and-other-fire-safety-measures-in-new-high-rise-blocks-of-flats&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCharles-Elie.Romeyer%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca21e8ed02b9048db059508d7570d2df7%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637073586419029098&amp;sdata=oAuWwc%2Fi61MD3AIU2WrrjkCxOSfkJ%2FZOPzt8xt7hTOU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/sprinklers-and-other-fire-safety-measures-in-new-high-rise-blocks-of-flats.</a></p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 29/10/2019 17:17:23 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

748307

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to her letter of 29 June 2017 on funding for abortions for Northern Irish women in England, whether the Government also intends to fund the costs of (a) private consultations in Northern Ireland, (b) travel and (c) accommodation for women who wish to access these services.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	2816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We are currently discussing with key stakeholders about the details of the scheme. Further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 2763 2764 2765 2815 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:47:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

381562

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the DVLA is taking to publicise amongst drivers the recent changes to car tax.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	2816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Since 5 September 2014, all vehicle tax reminders issued by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) have explained the changes. The message is issued every month, directly to individual customers at the time at which it is most relevant. The DVLA also writes to all new keepers to remind them of the need to license their vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/06/2015 09:46:18 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie