Written Question·Home Office·UIN 15704
CCTV: Crime Prevention
Tabled: 3 July 2026
Answered: 15 July 2026
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of CCTV footage in reducing crime in urban areas.
Answer
Sarah JonesCCTV is a long-established and widely used tool across England and Wales, operated by a range of public and private bodies to support crime prevention, public safety and investigations.The Surveillance Camera Commissioner (SCC) is responsible for encourag...
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