Written question asked by Brian Jenkins (Labour) on Friday, 27 June 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 July 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 7 July 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Crime: Closed Circuit Television

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases CCTV evidence was used to detect a crime in each year since 1998.

Answer: This information is not held centrally. There are a number of published studies on the effectiveness of CCTV in prevention and detection. One study, ““Effect of urban closed circuit television on assault injury and violence detection”” (Injury Prevention 2003; 9: 312-316), demonstrates the effectiveness of CCTV in the detection of violent crime. A copy of the paper has been placed in the Library.We plan to develop standardised national key performance indicators relating to the use of public space CCTV across all associated agencies, including CCTV operators, the police and the courts through the National CCTV Strategy.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 478 c1243W; 215844
Session: 2007-08
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2008-1812
Monday, 7 July 2008
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: CCTV Crime
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