Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Commonwealth, Foreign and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of how many (a) surveillance devices, (b) CCTV cameras and (c) other security devices used by his Department were manufactured in the People's Republic of China.

As has been the case under successive administrations, it is not government policy to comment on the security arrangements of government buildings. Specific details regarding the make and model of security systems are withheld on national security grounds.

The UK Government has taken robust action to build our domestic resilience and safeguard our national security. We have put in place a range of measures to protect our infrastructure and supply chains, including the National Security and Investment Act. On 24 November, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster laid a Written Ministerial Statement setting out the steps we are taking to cease the deployment of Chinese visual surveillance systems onto sensitive government sites. We will not hesitate to take further action if necessary.