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Title of meeting 
ANPR National User Group 
 
 
Date 
3rd June 2015 
Time 
12:00 
Venue 
North Yorkshire Police Headquarters  
 
Chair 
ACC Paul Kennedy 
Secretary 
Bill Mandeville 
Attendees 
John Dwyer 
N Yorkshire- National ANPR Capability 
 
Review Project 
Derek Roberts 
N Yorkshire- National ANPR Capability 
 
Review Project 
Richard Wigglesworth 
Staff Officer to ACC Kennedy 
Bill Mandeville 
ANPR Delivery Manager 
Gary Cairns 
National ANPR Service Programme 
 
Manager 
Sonja Leith 
SW RUG Chair 
Ray Storey 
Representing SW RUG 
Mike Colbourne 
Eastern Region Representative 
Steve Matchett 
Welsh RUG Chair 
Paul Keasey 
W Mids RUG Chair 
Jim Allen 
E Mids RUG Chair 
Beverley Raistrick 
NW RUG Chair 
Trevor Longshaw 
Technical Advisory Group 
 
Representative 
Matt Stiff 
Analyst Representative 
Chris Booker 
National Crime Agency 
Jennifer Thornton 
Counter Terrorism SIG Chair 
Curtis Muir 
Police Scotland Representative 
Neil Winterbourne 
Police Scotland 
Ron Selby 
British Transport Police 
Meagan Mirza 
Information Commissioner’s Office 
Phil Snowden 
HMRC SPOC 
Malcolm Jones 
DVSA SPOC 
Lianne Parkinson 
DVLA SPOC 
 
 
Apologies 
Mark Jones 
Portfolio Programme Manager – National 
 
Police Systems 
Steve Carroll 
Principal Service Manager – Police 
 
National ANPR Infrastructure 
Chris Moon 
SE RUG Chair 
Simon Hawkins 
Eastern Region RUG Chair 
Bernard Higgins 
Police Scotland SPOC 
Jim Leslie 
Police Scotland ANPR Strategic Lead 
Mark Jessop 
NE RUG Chair 
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Mark Wise 
Security & Data management SIG Chair
Simon Werrett 
Senior Investigator Representative 
Nathan Crinyon 
CT SIG 
Simon Warwick 
Countermeasures SIG Chair 
Katie Elliott 
Eastern Region RUG Chair 
Vivienne Lyons 
Home Office CAST SPOC 
Kishor Mistry 
Office of the Surveillance Camera 
 
Commissioner 
 
 
 
 

Welcome and Introductions 
 
The Chair welcomed members to the NUG. 
 
2 Apologies 
 
See above. 
 
 

Declaration of AOB 
 
None Stated 
 

Review of minutes of previous meeting 
 
The minutes of the meeting held on 18th March 2015were agreed as an accurate record. 
 

Update on previous actions 
 
Actions as shown in the Action Log (attached) was reviewed and updated. 
 

National ANPR data retention period 
 
Neil Winterbourne provided an overview of a detailed paper that had been circulated prior 
to the meeting which proposes a 1 year pilot with a view to establishing 7 years data 
retention period.  Representatives were in agreement in relation to the value of ANPR data 
to investigative and intelligence work.  The most significant challenge is in establishing that 
it is proportionate to extend the period for data retention in the context of Data Protection 
Act Principles and Human Rights. 
Representatives for the Information Commissioner and Surveillance Camera Commissioner 
require more time to assess the proposal and indicate that a response will be provided by 
10th July. 
A decision on retention will be deferred until the next National User Group. 
The Met Police currently retain data for greater than 2 years pending a decision regarding 
retention time periods. LEA should be advised of this retention to enable their compliance 
with CPIA. 
 
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Action: 
A letter to be sent to LEA advising of Met Police retention of ANPR data 
beyond 2 years. 
ACC Kennedy 
 
Members asked for details of DVLA policy re retention of vehicle owner details. 
 
Action: 
Details of DVLA policy for retention of vehicle owner details to be confirmed 
and circulated 
Lianne Parkinson 
 

Update on Compliance/Capability Project 
 
John Dwyer and Derek Roberts are undertaking visits to forces.  Initial visits have 
highlighted the importance of good strategic leadership.  The impact of ‘austerity’ has 
created some uncertainty for intelligence work in some forces.  The visits will continue 
throughout the year and a report and effective practice guide will be produced later in the 
year to support LEA in securing maximum benefits from the new National ANPR Service 
(NAS). 
 

Update from Technical Advisory Group 
 
A paper had been circulated and contents noted. 
 

Update from Change Advisory Board 
 
A paper had been circulated and contents noted. 
 
10 Review 
of 
RUG 
Submissions 
 
Papers had been circulated and contents noted. 
 
11 
Review of Special Interest Groups Submissions 
 
Updates had been provided and the contents noted. 
 
12 
Update from Information Commissioner’s Office 
 
Meagan Mirza advised that the ICO intended to conduct a review of force websites 
regarding ANPR content.  It was confirmed that this also part of the Compliance/ capability 
project and Meaghan will liaise with John Dwyer to prevent duplication. 
 
Meagan also advised of recent ICO enforcement activity where a force had been fined 
£160,000 for loss of sensitive data although this was not in relation to ANPR. 
 
13 
Update from Surveillance Camera Commissioner 
 
Kishor Mistry had sent apologies and no update was available. 
 
14 
Other partner agency updates 
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HMRC 
HMRC are continuing to develop their use of ANPR. 
 
DVLA 
DVLA are continuing to develop plans for use of national ANPR in compliance activity.  
Dyfed Powys police will be assisting DVLA to test use of ANPR data for prosecution 
purposes. 
 
15 Operation 
Trivium 
 
Paul Keasey provided an overview of Op Trivium supported by a video presentation. All 
forces have been contacted and are encouraged to actively support this operation. 
 
16 
NASP for NAS 
 
Draft NASP standards that have been revised in preparation for the new National ANPR 
Service (NAS) have been circulated and were approved.  
 
17 
Disclosure of Camera Locations 
 

A paper outlining the recommended provisions for disclosure of camera locations had been 
circulated and was approved. 
 
18 
Update Regulation 109 Compliance work 
 
A paper outlining progress regarding Reg 109 had been circulated.  It is anticipated that DfT 
will extend exemptions from October pending finalisation of this work and that a change in 
the regulation will be made.  The solution for ANPR is anticipated to allow for a response 
trained driver to see a screen that will display still images, OCR read and symbols 
regarding key aspects of a message supported by text to voice capability for additional 
details. 
 
Action: 
ACC Forsyth – Roads Policing to be informed of progress re Reg 109. 
Bill Mandeville 
 
 
19 
Update from the National ANPR Service Project. 
 

Contracts have been signed with SELEX ES and Sunguard Availability Services.  Signing 
was slightly delayed such that the delivery of Initial Operating Capability (IOC) will now be 
August 2015 with Full Operating capability (FOC) in January 2016.  A national event to brief 
Strategic Leads, ANPR Managers and LEA IT Professionals will be held at Ryton on 3rd 
July 2015. 
 
20 
Update on the National Programme 
 
Bill Mandeville advised of continued work to establish the appropriate provisions for ANPR 
on the strategic Roads to identify aspects that need revision.  Liaison is also continuing with 
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Private ANPR users including Parking Eye and Ranger Services regarding aspects of their 
infrastructure and access provisions to data. 
 
21 
National ANPR Conference 
 
A national ANPR conference will be held in November.  The agenda will include the NAS 
and the outcomes of the Compliance/ Capability project.   
 
22 AOB 
An update on Schengen capabilities is requested for the next NUG. 
 
23 
Date of Next Meetings 
 
Tuesday 8th September 2015 – London (venue to be confirmed) 
 
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