Question follow-through · 15704
CCTV: Crime Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of CCTV footage in reducing crime in urban areas.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 3 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jul 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of CCTV footage in reducing crime in urban areas.
7 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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15 Jul 2026
Answer published
CCTV is a long-established and widely used tool across England and Wales, operated by a range of public and private bodies to support crime prevention, public safety and investigations.The Surveillance Camera Commissioner (SCC) is responsible for encourag...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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