Written question asked by Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative) on Friday, 10 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 October 2025. It was answered by Sarah Jones (Labour) on Monday, 20 October 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.

Police National Database

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which (a) law enforcement, (b) military, (c) Sovereign Base Area police and (d) other arms Length Bodies her Department plans to provide access to Police National Database application programming interfaces.

Answer: At present there is no direct application programming interface (API) between PND and the organisations mentioned. Data feeds to PND allow a national search of intelligence. The PND gives a national view of 6.3 billion searchable records, 19.9m images and information from 198 systems/databases. It is used by 49 UK police forces and 56 Law enforcement agencies. A set of processes and security protocols govern access by suitably authorised and vetted individuals.

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