<p>The Government updated the Surveillance Camera Code last year [<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fupdate-to-surveillance-camera-code%2Famended-surveillance-camera-code-of-practice-accessible-version&data=05%7C01%7CLucy.Hewins%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cc010641b3a3a4ba2665808db159089c9%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638127482741191539%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=B9e6aSG%2BkVWgxJ%2FuKuk%2F28boHKiMrj%2BsznPP7wGsgbY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Amended Surveillance Camera Code of Practice (accessible version) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>], which advises the police and local authorities to have effective review and audit mechanisms to ensure legal requirements, policies and standards are complied with in practice.</p><p>For security reasons, we do not comment on counter-terrorism (CT) capabilities or provide a breakdown of CT funding. Decisions around the deployment of these capabilities is a matter for the police, who are operationally independent.</p>