Submission of the Biometrics Commissioner’s annual report for 2020

On 31 August 2021, the Biometrics Commissioner presented his annual report for 2020 to the Home Secretary, as required under section 21 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (PoFA).

Once the Home Secretary has considered the report, it will then be laid before Parliament.

The report covers the Commissioner’s casework activities, the general operation of the PoFA regime and a variety of wider issues that have arisen in connection with biometrics in both the general policing and national security spheres.