Home Office to be questioned on use of technologies in policing
The House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee questions the Rt Hon Kit Malthouse, Minister of State for Crime and Policing, in the final evidence session for its inquiry into new technologies and the application of the law.
Meeting details
At 3:45pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
New technologies and the application of the law
Minister for Policing of the United Kingdam at Home Office
Director of Home Office Data and Identity at Home Office
This evidence session covers topics such as the use of algorithmic tools in policing, the Government’s AI strategy, and the deployment of technology in border management.
Possible questions
Likely questions include:
- The Government has published an AI strategy and a Beating Crime Plan but has set no vision for the use of technology for the application of the law. Can you set one out – briefly?
- Which technologies the UK is using in the context of border management and what additional safeguards exist to mitigate the increased risk of discrimination?
- What, specifically, is in place to ensure that decisions about people are always made by people, and meaningfully so?
- Who has ultimate accountability for the legal, ethical, and valid use of advanced technologies in policing?
- Algorithmic technology informs decisions throughout the policing ‘pipeline’, from intelligence, to investigation, to prosecution, and offender management, which affects subsequent stages of the justice system. How does the Home Office work with the Ministry of Justice and the Judiciary in its deployment of technology?