Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has asked the National Cyber Security Centre to investigate the security of the HIKVISION surveillance cameras; and if she will make a statement.

The Government does not comment on the details of national security assessments.

As set out in the National Cyber Strategy this year, the government takes the security of all sectors of the economy, including consumers, seriously.

The Department is leading on a number of aspects in the National Cyber Strategy. We are taking forward legislation to protect consumers in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill, and working with the National Cyber Security Centre to assist private and public sector users of connected devices, such as surveillance cameras, to operate in a safe and secure way.