Biometric data 892/2025

FOI Reference: 892/2025

Request

1) Has this police force ever requested or collected biometric data—such as fingerprints, photographs, or videos—from an educational establishment or an educational supplier? This pertains to educational institutions from Nursery through Year 13 and excludes institutions for students beyond Year 13.

2) If the answer to question 1 is yes, please specify the types of biometric data obtained (e.g., fingerprints, photographs), the number of individuals involved, and whether this data was shared with any other entities such as Prevent.

3) If the answer to question 1 is yes, have any convictions been secured based on data obtained from a school biometric database?

4) If the answer to question 1 is yes, has any biometric data been added to the police database? If so, please provide the number of data subjects' biometric records added each year. If this Freedom of Information request exceeds Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act, please prioritize your response to question 1, or questions 1 and 2, as these are my primary data interests. Please provide as much data as possible from the present extending into the past, within the constraints of Section 12. I would appreciate the data in the most cost-effective and convenient format for your response.

Response

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does not hold the information requested.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 08/09/2025)