Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make police officer body-worn camera footage available to people who have been recorded using those systems when that is requested.

Decisions on whether to disclose body-worn video footage are matters the police, in line with Human Rights and Data Protection law.

The NPCC has published clear guidance on the standards police forces in England and Wales should follow when operating body-worn video devices and information management processes. The NPCC guidance is available here: https://www.npcc.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/publications/publications-log/2022/body-worn-video-guidance.pdf.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) provides guidance for people on the right of access and how to obtain personal data held by organisations, including police forces and the wider criminal justice system. The ICO guidance is available here: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/crime/

The Home Office has no plans to make any changes relating to the management by police forces of body-worn camera footage.