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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the referee requirement for UK citizenship applications, in the context of the introduction of biometric identity checks.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the referee requirement for UK citizenship applications, in the context of the introduction of biometric identity checks.
The application process for British citizenship is kept under regular review with a view to making it as efficient and straightforward as possible while upholding necessary security requirements.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing visa applications for spouses to be processed without biometrics where visa centres remain closed due to the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing visa applications for spouses to be processed without biometrics where visa centres remain closed due to the covid-19 outbreak.
All visa applicants are required to attend a visa application centre (VAC) to provide documents and enrol their biometrics, this is a minimum mandated security requirement for all visa national travellers to the UK. Biometrics play a significant role in delivering security and facilitation in the border and immigration system. They enable quick and robust identity assurance and suitability checks on foreign nationals subject to immigration control.
As restrictions continue to be lifted by governments around the world, overseas VACs are reopening, enabling applicants to apply for the required visa to travel to the UK. As centres reopen, details of these will be published on our commercial partner websites.
As of 7th July, 133 visa application centres have reopened.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of ePassport border gates was at each set of UK passport controls, including airports and juxtaposed controls at Brussels and Calais in each of the last five years for which figures are available; how many hours...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of ePassport border gates was at each set of UK passport controls, including airports and juxtaposed controls at Brussels and Calais in each of the last five years for which figures are available; how many hours...
For reasons of national security, Border Force does not comment on operational issues relating to border security. This includes the specific number of ePassport gates operational at individual airports.
The total or cumulative number of ePassport gates at all UK passport controls as of 31st December in each of the last 5 years are as follows:
2013 = 59
2014 = 104
2015 = 131
2016 = 186
2017 = 249
2018 = 259 ( as at 13 July 2018)
Border Force opens ePassport Gate to match the demand at the time; not all gates are open 24/7. Border Force maintain operational capability to close ePassport Gate where required, such as quiet periods overnight or where there is a need to increase non-EEA PCP availability.
We have extended our use of ePassport Gates to more locations. There are now 259 ePassport Gates in operation at 22 terminals around the UK and juxtaposed locations. At 13 of these locations there are 10 or more gates.
ePassport Gate usage continues to increase, linked to the increase availability of ePassports. In the 12 months to May 2018, 49.3m passengers used the gates - an increase of 24% on the previous year. This figure also represents over 70% of those passengers eligible to use them, and 35% of all international arrivals (in 2017).
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the conclusion of the review of the use and retention of custody images.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the conclusion of the review of the use and retention of custody images.
The ‘Review of the Use and Retention of Custody Images’ was published in February 2017, and can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/custody-images-review-of-their-use-and-retention
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been wrongly identified by automated facial recognition CCTV cameras at deployments by (a) Metropolitan Police and (b) South Wales Police.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been wrongly identified by automated facial recognition CCTV cameras at deployments by (a) Metropolitan Police and (b) South Wales Police.
A decision to deploy a facial recognition system is an operational one for the police.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy rate of real-time automated facial recognition technology on public CCTV cameras used by (a) Metropolitan Police and (b) South Wales Police.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy rate of real-time automated facial recognition technology on public CCTV cameras used by (a) Metropolitan Police and (b) South Wales Police.
A decision to deploy a facial recognition system is an operational one for the police.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) start and (b) end date is for the Metropolitan Police’s trial of real-time automated facial recognition on CCTV cameras.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) start and (b) end date is for the Metropolitan Police’s trial of real-time automated facial recognition on CCTV cameras.
A decision to deploy a facial recognition system is an operational one for the police.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) start and (b) end date is of South Wales Police’s trial of real-time automated facial recognition on CCTV cameras.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) start and (b) end date is of South Wales Police’s trial of real-time automated facial recognition on CCTV cameras.
A decision to deploy a facial recognition system is an operational one for the police.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current legislation regulating the use of CCTV cameras with facial recognition and biometric tracking capabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current legislation regulating the use of CCTV cameras with facial recognition and biometric tracking capabilities.
There is no legislation regulating the use of CCTV cameras with facial recognition and biometric tracking capabilities. However, the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice requires any police use of facial recognition or other biometric characteristic recognition systems to be clearly justified and proportionate in meeting the stated purpose. The retention of facial images by the police is governed by data protection legislation and by Authorised Professional Practice produced by the College of Policing.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Metropolitan Police on the use of mobile facial recognition software.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Metropolitan Police on the use of mobile facial recognition software.
Home Office Ministers have regular meetings as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to extend the remit of the Biometrics Commissioner to include oversight of the use of mobile facial recognition software by police forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to extend the remit of the Biometrics Commissioner to include oversight of the use of mobile facial recognition software by police forces.
The future role of the Biometrics Commissioner is discussed in the Biometrics Strategy which will be published in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people whose information has been recorded by mobile facial recognition software by police forces in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people whose information has been recorded by mobile facial recognition software by police forces in each of the last three years.
No estimate has been made.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police forces on the use of mobile facial recognition software.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police forces on the use of mobile facial recognition software.
The Home Office Centre for Applied Science and Technology (CAST) issued guidance to police forces in November 2012. Since then, CAST has provided further advice to those forces which request it.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from civil liberties campaign groups on the operation of and use of data from CCTV cameras with facial recognition and biometric tracking capabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from civil liberties campaign groups on the operation of and use of data from CCTV cameras with facial recognition and biometric tracking capabilities.
The Secretary of State has not received any representations from civil liberties campaign groups.