Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the use of Hikvision CCTV on national security.

The UK takes its national security extremely seriously, including the security of its critical infrastructure and all sectors of the economy. However, the government does not comment on the details of national security assessments.

We encourage all organisations to follow NCSC supply chain security guidance when selecting a technology supplier. This guidance clearly sets out the considerations that organisations should be making during the procurement process.

Under the National Cyber Strategy, we are taking forward legislation to protect consumers in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill, and working with the National Cyber Security Centre to assist private and public sector users of connected devices, such as surveillance cameras, to operate in a safe and secure way.