Lord Scriven – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Scriven on 2016-07-12.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what legislation currently governs the retention of facial custody images.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

I apologise that I did not answer Parliamentary Question HL905 on 12th July. Due to administrative error this question was grouped with HL906 but only one answer was provided. The use and retention of facial custody images is governed by the Code of Practice on the Management of Police information (MOPI), guidance contained within the College of Policing’s Authorised Police Practice (APP) and the Data Protection Act 1998.