Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of using CCTV in detecting, preventing and deterring the incidence of violent crime with weapons in built-up areas.

The Government fully supports the use of CCTV as a tool in helping to deter violence and other criminal activity and to assist in the investigation of crimes and the prosecution of offenders.

We have not undertaken any specific assessment in relation to knife crime and other violent crimes involving weapons, but we do not underestimate the contribution that CCTV can play alongside other investigative tools.