Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is mandatory for police officers to switch on body-worn video cameras when they arrive at the scene of an incident; and what guidance is provided to police officers on this matter.

The use of body-worn video cameras is an operational matter for policing. The College of Policing guidance on its application can be found at the following link:

http://library.college.police.uk/docs/college-of-policing/Body-worn-video-guidance-2014.pdf