Box 4: List of entities and programmes

(see Box 4). They differ in size, remit, geographical scope, statutory status, longevity, and resourcing. Three of these bodies are worth mentioning specifically.

• The Office for AI is a joint BEIS-DCMS unit which is tasked with driving “responsible and innovative uptake of AI technologies”61. In

September 2021, it published a national AI Strategy which “builds on the UK’s strengths”. It has three main aims: to invest and plan for the long term needs of the AI ecosystem; to support the transition to an

AI-enabled economy, and to ensure that “the UK gets the national and international governance of AI technologies right.”62 To this end, a governance White Paper is expected to be published in 2022.

• The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI). The CDEI is a DCMS group tasked with “enabling the trustworthy use of data and AI”. Its three key areas of work are “to pilot new forms of data stewardship and governance”; to increase assurance practices around

AI; and, to assist public sector bodies looking to procure technologies— ”facilitating the delivery of transformative data and AI projects in the public sector”.63

• The AI Council is an independent advisory committee which “works to support the growth of AI in the UK” and aims to increase skills,

“work on public perception”, and “[explore] how to develop and deploy safe, fair, legal and ethical data sharing frameworks”.64

61 Office for Artificial Intelligence, ‘About us’: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-forartificial-intelligence/about [accessed 6 February 2022] 62 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, National AI Strategy (September 2021): https:// assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1020402 [accessed 24 February 2022] 63 Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, ‘About us’: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ centre-for-data-ethics-and-innovation/about [accessed 6 February 2022] 64 HM Government, AI Council: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/ai-council [accessed 6

February 2022]

Box 4: List of entities and programmes

• Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services • The AI Council • The Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC), and its various working groups and initiatives, including the APCC Biometrics and Data Ethics Working Group • The Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group • The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner • The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation • The College of Policing • The Data Analytics Community of Practice • The Equalities and Human Rights Commission • The Forensic Science Regulator • The Home Office Digital, Data and Technology function • The Independent Office for Police Conduct • The Information Commissioner’s Office • The national Crime Agency, and its TRACER programme • The national Data Analytics Solution • The national Digital and Data Ethics Guidance Group • The national Digital Exploitation Centre • The national Police Chiefs’ Council, and its eleven co-ordination committees, each responsible for a specific aspect related to new technologies • The national Police Ethics Group • The national Policing Chief Scientific Adviser • The Office for AI • The Police Digital Service, its Data Office and Chief Data Officer • The Police Rewired initiative • The Police Science, Technology, Analysis and Research (STAR) fund • The Police, Science, and Technology Investment Board • The Royal Statistical Society • The Science Advisory Council to the national Policing Chief Scientific

Adviser • The Senior Data Governance Panel within the Ministry of Justice • The specialist and generalist ethics committees of some police forces • The Tackling Organised Exploitation programme