Demographic data for facial recognition watchlists
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.037413
I note you seek access to the following information:
The Metropolitan Police Service publishes details of its live facial recognition deployments, including the size of the watchlists used.
1. Please provide this figure for each of the 10 most recent deployments, broken down by age, gender, and ethnicity.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.
Please find below information pursuant to your request above.
Information on the size of the watchlists is already in the public domain, this specifically relates to the number of people on a specific deployment watchlist.
Please see below link:
With regards to the other information sought (Age, Gender, Ethnicity) this information is not held as details of a watchlist is deleted as soon as practicable, and in any case within 24 hours following the conclusion of the Deployment.
As part of our duty to assist please see our policy on watchlist retention and in particular para 7.14. Information is also held within the DPIA on watchlist deletion.
The following links may be helpful: