§ Mr. AllanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Livescan terminals used to access the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System are deployed, broken down by police authority. [121118]
§ Ms BlearsA total of 176 Livescan units are deployed among police forces in England and Wales. Broken down by police authority, they are as follows:
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Police authority Number of Livescan units Avon and Somerset 2 Bedfordshire 3 British Transport Police 2 Cheshire 1 Cumbria 4 Devon and Cornwall 6 Dorset 3 Essex 11 Gloucestershire 3 Gwent 5 Hampshire 8 Lancashire 5 Lincolnshire 1 Leicestershire 1 Manchester 22 Merseyside 7 Metropolitan police 53 Northumbria 7 North Wales 3 Nottingham 11 South Yorkshire 11 South Wales 4 Surrey 5 Sussex 6
Police authority Number of Livescan units Thames Valley 3 West Mercia Worcester 1 West Midlands 11 Wiltshire 4 West Yorkshire 13 Livescan units in the field 176 1These units are on trial.