Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve his Department's guidance on the use and installation of Hikvision cameras to reduce their use by other government bodies.

The Ministry of Defence has not issued guidance to other Government Departments about the use of these surveillance cameras. As has been the case under successive Governments, it is not Defence policy to comment on our security arrangements on national security grounds (including details on which products or services are used).