Found: Hikvision surveillance cameras) which are capable of being used for remote data harvesting.

Found: Of course, the UK is complicit, with Hikvision and Dahua cameras.

Found: Of course, the UK is complicit, with Hikvision and Dahua cameras.

Found: Of course, the UK is complicit, with Hikvision and Dahua cameras.

Found: Of course, the UK is complicit, with Hikvision and Dahua cameras.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total cost to date of the removal of Hikvision cameras from Whitehall departments; and what estimate they have made of the cost to local authorities of removing Hikvision cameras from local council buildings.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

It is a long-standing policy that the Government does not comment on security arrangements including the details of security systems. However, the UK takes national security extremely seriously and has taken robust action to secure and protect its national security infrastructure.

Following Royal Assent of the Procurement Act on 26 October 2023 the Government committed to publishing a timeline for the removal of surveillance equipment supplied by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of China from sensitive sites within six months. This timeline is due to be published by 26 April.

Sensitive sites were defined “as any building or complex that routinely holds secret material or above; any location that hosts a significant proportion of officials holding developed vetting clearance; any location which is routinely used by Ministers; and any government location covered under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.”

While local authorities may choose to follow the lead of central government in removing surveillance equipment they are under no obligation to do so. We encourage all organisations to follow NCSC supply chain security guidance when selecting a technology supplier. This guidance clearly sets the security standards that suppliers should meet and the considerations that organisations should be making during the procurement process.

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what restrictions the Government has imposed on (a) Huawei, (b) ZTE, (c) Hikvision, (d) Hytera, (e) Alibaba, (f) Tencent, (g) Dahua, (h) China Telecom, (i) China Mobile, (j) DJI, (k) ByteDance, (l) Kingsoft, (m) senseTime, (n) Megvil, (o) SMIC, (p) China Unicom and (q) Fujian Jinhua.

Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)

This is a matter for the Cabinet Office.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had (1) with, or (2) about, Hikvision regarding the removal of surveillance cameras which comply with China’s National Intelligence Law from (a) sensitive sites, and (b) the UK’s public procurement supply chain.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

The Cabinet Office has not had discussions with Hikvision regarding the removal of surveillance cameras produced by companies subject to China's National Intelligence Law. A letter was written on 1 August 2023 to confirm the position of the Government in respect of the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 November 2022.

We have had regular internal discussions about protecting the UK’s public procurement supply chain.

Found: our open economies to use ownership models and state-backed companies against us… …with Huawei and HikVision

Found: Letter from Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner to Hikvision

Found: Letter from Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner to Hikvision

Found: All existing CCTV equipment, including Hikvision and other companies’ products, is being replaced with

Found: One respondent stated that “Hikvision/Chinese Technology guidance issued by UK Government [is] both