FOI release

Chinese CCTV cameras

Case reference FOI2026/01231

Received 28 July 2026

Published 30 July 2026

Request

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information.

Please can you tell me how many CCTV cameras the council operates and how many of these are produced by Chinese companies. Please can you show this as two figures.

Please also provide the total number of the council’s CCTV cameras that use either live or retrospective facial recognition and how many of these are produced by Chinese companies.

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

Response

The Tunbridge Wells CCTV Control Room operates 81 CCTV Cameras in Tunbridge Wells. None of the cameras are produced by Chinese companies.

The Tunbridge Wells CCTV Control Room does not use any facial recognition cameras.

Documents

There are no documents for this release.

This is Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.