Written question asked by Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 7 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 November 2005. It was answered by Karen Buck (Labour) on Thursday, 24 November 2005 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Surveillance Technology

Question: (2) if he will list trials which have taken place to date on the use of intelligent surveillance technology related to the transport network.

Answer: DfT has not funded or carried out trials of intelligent surveillance systems on the transport network. To achieve best use of resources, the Department for Transport works in close partnership with other government bodies on counter terrorism science and technology. The Home Office in conjunction with the Security Service coordinate work on the development and evaluation of intelligent surveillance technologies for a wide range of applications. For example the Home Office's ““Imagery Library of Intelligent Detection Systems' (i-LIDS) project is supporting developers by providing realistic training imagery and evaluating systems to assess their suitability for specific scenarios including transport security applications.

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