Question follow-through · 19274
Intelligence Services: China
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on the use of surveillance cameras manufactured by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of the People's Republic of China.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 3 Sept 2026 · 50 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on the use of surveillance cameras manufactured by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of the People's Republic of China.
1 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Sept 2026
Answer published
In November 2022, the previous administration instructed all government departments to cease deployment of surveillance equipment on their sensitive sites where it is manufactured by companies subject to the National Intelligence Law of the People’s Repub...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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