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Written question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench) on Tuesday, 1 March 2022, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 March 2022. It was answered by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Conservative) on Friday, 18 March 2022 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Jobcentres and Prisons: CCTV

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) job centres, and (2) prisons, currently use Chinese-made Hikvision and Dahua Technology cameras.

Answer

1) DWP have one Hikvision camera across DWP jobcentres.

DWP have no Dahua cameras in any jobcentres.

2) MoJ does not disclose details of our prison security defence capability, including our use of CCTV, for reasons of operational security.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL6518
Session
2021-22
Subjects
CCTV China Jobcentres Prisons
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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