Found: The UK government has already identified Chinese-made surveillance firm “Hikvision” as a security threat

Found: successfully advocating for a forcible ban on Chinese state-sponsored surveillance companies, such as Hikvision

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.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many CCTV cameras manufactured by (a) Hikvision and (b) Dahua are installed on his Department's sites.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

We take the security of our personnel, systems and establishments very seriously and have a range of measures in place to ensure the integrity of our arrangements. These measures are kept under constant review and adjusted according to the threat. It is, however, long standing policy that we do not comment on the detail of those arrangements.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many CCTV cameras manufactured by (a) Hikvision and (b) Dahua have been installed on his Department's sites in each year since 2010.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

We take the security of our personnel, systems and establishments very seriously and have a range of measures in place to ensure the integrity of our arrangements. These measures are kept under constant review and adjusted according to the threat. It is, however, long standing policy that we do not comment on the detail of those arrangements.

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 - Shadow Minister (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.

Found: enforcement notice ordering the company to delete the data of UK residents from its systems.19,20,93 • Hikvision

Found: Notable e xamples are surveillance equipment (CCTV cameras) produced by Chinese tec hnology companies Hikvision

Found: Letter dated 05/08/2024 from Lord Coaker to Lord Alton of Liverpool regarding the removal of Hikvision