Every parliamentary written question tabled by Iqbal Mohamed this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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For what reasons unauthorised access to Legal Aid Agency systems remained undetected for approximately four months from December 2024 to April 2025; what monitoring or intrusion detection systems were in place du
Risks relating to the Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) digital systems including cyber security have been on the LAA and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) risk registers since 2021 and, in financial year 2022-2023, the LAA’s digital infrastructure was assessed as the mos...
Whether Israeli companies have supplied (a) surveillance, (b) digital forensics and (c) facial-recognition technology to UK police forces since 2020.
The Home Office does not collect information on the nationality of companies supplying technology to UK police forces and law enforcement bodies. The procurement of technologies is a matter for individual organisations, having considered the legal, ethica...
What safeguards she has introduced to help ensure that digital forensic tools cannot be used for (a) remote access and (b) bulk data collection beyond lawful investigations.
All digital forensic activity must comply with existing legislation, including the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Whether she has issued UK-wide guidance on the ethical deployment of surveillance technologies by police forces.
The Government has not issued specific guidance on the ethical deployment of surveillance technologies, including facial recognition. However, when using these technologies, police forces must comply with data protection, equality, human rights and other ...
What oversight mechanisms she has introduced to monitor compliance with (a) data protection, (b) equalities and (c) human rights obligations in the use of facial recognition technology.
The Government has not issued specific guidance on the ethical deployment of surveillance technologies, including facial recognition. However, when using these technologies, police forces must comply with data protection, equality, human rights and other ...
Which UK police forces and law-enforcement bodies have (a) procured and (b) used (i) surveillance, (ii) digital forensics and (iii) facial-recognition technologies supplied by overseas companies since
The Home Office does not collect information on the nationality of companies supplying technology to UK police forces and law enforcement bodies. The procurement of technologies is a matter for individual organisations, having considered the legal, ethica...
Whether her Department (a) has issued and (b) plans to issue guidance to developers of private hire booking apps and navigation applications on ensuring that such applications can be operated in a hands-free an
The Department for Transport has not issued specific guidance to developers of navigation or private hire applications but engages with industry and monitors how these technologies are used in practice. The law is clear; drivers are responsible for mainta...
What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the use of private hiring booking apps and navigation applications by taxi and private hire vehicle drivers on (a) road safety and (b) driver d
The Department for Transport has not issued specific guidance to developers of navigation or private hire applications but engages with industry and monitors how these technologies are used in practice. The law is clear; drivers are responsible for mainta...
What discussions she has had with technology companies, including developers of navigation applications and private hire bookings, on improving safety features to reduce the need for driver interaction while ve
The Department for Transport has not issued specific guidance to developers of navigation or private hire applications but engages with industry and monitors how these technologies are used in practice. The law is clear; drivers are responsible for mainta...
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to implement a ban on the import of goods originating from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.
I refer the Hon Member to the statement made by the Foreign Secretary on 9 June, and to the answers she provided to questions raised in response
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to extend UK sanctions to include businesses operating in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
I refer the Hon Member to the statement made by the Foreign Secretary on 9 June, and to the answers she provided to questions raised in response
What oversight mechanisms are in place to ensure that UK-manufactured military components exported to third countries are not transferred onward in ways that may breach (a) UK export control requiremen
The UK assesses every export licence application on a case-by-case basis against strict assessment criteria, the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria (the SELC). This includes an assessment on the risk of diversion of products to or through destinations su...
Whether her Department has advised any police forces not to activate facial recognition functions within surveillance software.
The Home Office has not issued advice to police forces on the activation of specific facial recognition functions within surveillance software.The use of facial recognition technology by police forces is an operational matter for chief constables, who are...
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian impact of demolition orders issued against Palestinian villages in the past year.
I refer the Hon Member to the statement made by the Foreign Secretary on 9 June, and to the answers she provided to questions raised in response
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has taken diplomatic steps in response to the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion of July 2024 on the legal status of Israel’s presence in the occupie
I refer the Hon Member to the statement made by the Foreign Secretary on 9 June, and to the answers she provided to questions raised in response
What recent assessment his Department has made of whether UK arms export controls comply with the domestic laws of partner countries.
The UK assesses every export licence application on a case-by-case basis against strict assessment criteria, the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria (the SELC). This includes an assessment on the risk of diversion of products to or through destinations su...
Whether her Department assesses the (a) ethical and (b) human-rights context in which surveillance technologies developed by overseas companies were (i) developed and (ii) deployed before procuring su
On 4 December last year, the Government launched a public consultation on when and how biometrics, facial recognition and similar technologies should be used, and what safeguards and oversight are needed. The consultation has now closed and a formal Gover...
Whether UK military (a) drone and (b) surveillance flights were conducted over Lebanese territory on the days of reported airstrikes in the past months; and if he will publish details of UK surveillance flights c
The UK is not involved in Israeli actions in Lebanon and continues to call for a cessation to hostilities. It is the Government’s longstanding position to not comment on intelligence operations and sharing arrangements to protect operational security.
What steps he is taking to ensure that UK Government public procurement does not contribute to serious human-rights (a) risks and (b) violations overseas.
The Government is clear that abhorrent human rights abuses including modern slavery and human trafficking have no place in public supply chains.The Procurement Act 2023 provides contracting authorities with stronger powers to exclude suppliers from public...
What safeguards are in place to ensure that intelligence gathered by UK assets in the Middle East is not used in operations that breach international humanitarian law.
It is the Government's longstanding position to not comment on intelligence operations and sharing arrangements to protect operational security. The Ministry of Defence only conducts activity where we are satisfied it would comply with applicable domestic...