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Watching?
The cost of CCTV in an era of cuts
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Big Brother Watch present a timely report highlighting the competing tensions faced by local
authorities when delivering public space video surveillance. The pressure on public services caused
by austerity versus the future challenges of emerging technology are neatly addressed through
analysis of recent spending patterns. Despite the reduction in spending highlighted in this report I
am certain that new and advancing technologies will see further investment by local authorities to
deliver new and exciting capabilities; from smart cities to smarter surveillance, the use of video
analytics and algorithms to help protect its citizens from crime, support the night time economy and
ensure free passage of traffic in our cities and towns. The sums of money involved are massive and
it’s important that those charged with delivering this service get it right.
My team is developing a process – a 'Passport to Compliance' – which will allow local authorities to
follow an incremental and intelligent approach to considering whether a new surveillance camera
system is essential. It begins with the question; “why do we want surveillance cameras and is there a
legitimate and pressing need for them?”
It will provide a framework and guidance schedule to ensure that every pound of public money
spent on surveillance camera systems is spent wisely. It will ensure local authorities comply with the
Surveillance Camera Code of Practice. This report neatly highlights the imperative of implementing
such a process.
Each recommendation in this report, if adopted, would serve to improve the quality of public
surveillance; increase accountability and transparency to our citizens and help to drive up standards
at every level. I support this report and the recommendations made within it and thank Big Brother
Watch for shedding light on this issue.
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Executive Summary
CCTV has been a mainstay of our streets and public spaces for over 20 years. 10 years ago the
enthusiasm for CCTV led to the UK being classified as the most watched nation on earth1. As ever
where we lead, others follow, countless countries around the world are now installing cameras and
surveilling their citizens. But what now for the UK, where are we currently at with this technology?
Are we still rampantly installing CCTV or have we reached saturation point , and if not what might
the future of street surveillance bring?
Public space CCTV is maintained by a number of different bodies; the police, local authorities,
private businesses and increasingly by private individuals. Local authorities use CCTV for crime
detection and prevention, including watching pubs, clubs and bars at night, as well as monitoring the
flow of people and traffic.
Local authorities have historically been enthusiastic at installing CCTV on our streets. Between 1999
and 2012 the number of cameras installed by local authorities across the country jumped from
21,000 to over 51,000.
In response to this Big Brother Watch used Freedom of Information requests to determine how
much money was being spent on these systems. The report Price of Privacy (2012) revealed that
between 2007 and 2011 local authorities spent £515 million installing, maintaining and monitoring
CCTV cameras. A staggering sum.
Five years on we present Are They Still Watching? an update of the figures outlining the money
spent by local authorities on the CCTV systems between 2012 to 2015.
Our findings show that nationally there has been a decrease in the money spent on the installation,
maintenance and monitoring of CCTV. Whilst some parts of the country have scrapped their CCTV
schemes altogether, other areas, notably London have reported over a 71% increase in CCTV
coverage.
Whilst we are pleased to see a reduction in spending on CCTV, we have to understand that the
rationale behind the figures is not ideological. Local authorities have not suddenly woken up to
privacy and acknowledged the intrusion CCTV causes.
It is vital that we consider the financial pressures on local authorities during this period. It has been
noted that in the 2015/2016 financial year alone, local authorities have been instructed to find £2.6
billion of savings2 we suspect therefore that our findings highlight the budgetary constraints and cuts
in council coffers since 2010.
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BBC News, UK 'most watched nation' by CCTV, 21 July 2009: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8160757.stm
2 th
Surveillance Camera Commissioner, Speech to Security Twenty 15, 9 July 2015:
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/speech-to-security-twenty-15
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We also acknowledge the changes to regulation since the Protection of Freedoms Act in 2012 and
the subsequent codes of practice for CCTV from the Surveillance Camera Commissioner and the
Information Commissioners Office.
We have long supported the use of CCTV where it is proven to be beneficial. We hope that in some
areas cameras have been removed because they were not-fit-for purpose or poorly situated.
It appears that a number of cost saving initiatives have been introduced such as an end to 24 hour
monitoring of CCTV and the merging of the role of CCTV operator with other roles within the
authority. It is worth noting that in some areas responsibility for CCTV has been passed to local town
councils which will inevitably impact on costs.
Looking to the future and the expansion of technology, it is important that we do not assume from
these figures that CCTV may be on the wane. We are on the cusp of yet another breakthrough in
technology, the rise of smarter technology, smarter cities, facial biometrics, 3D scanning and other
more accurate forms of surveillance technology are all a blink away. Over the next three years the
move away from analogue to digital will gather pace. The impact on CCTV schemes is likely to be
inevitable.
Whilst we are encouraged by some of these results, we acknowledge that they may merely be a lull
before the storm of new surveillance technology appears on our streets. In light of that we propose
policy recommendations which should be considered by local authorities before the pressure to
update their systems becomes too great to ignore.
Policy Recommendations:
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Key Findings
Local authorities control at least 45,284 CCTV cameras, a 12.5% decrease from 2012.
At least £277,079,999.60 has been spent on the installation, maintenance and monitoring of
these cameras, a decrease of 46.4% from 2012.
£38,235,429.13 was spent on the installation of CCTV, a decrease of 57.3% from 2012.
£139,550,589.09 was spent on the maintenance of cameras, a decrease of 42% from 2012.
£99,293,981.38 was spent on the wages and salary costs of CCTV operators, a decrease of
47% from 2012.
London authorities recorded a 71.8% increase in the number of cameras they operate from
8,105 to 13,924.
o London also has 1/3rd (30.6%) of the UKs cameras and 22% of the overall spend was
in the capital.
Wales has the highest average CCTV spend of any UK region, with £9,000 per camera
London spends on average £4,310 per camera, the lowest of any UK region.
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Key Tables3
Key Facts
Croydon spends £14 per resident on CCTV, compared to just £4 in neighbouring Bromley4.
Birmingham has cut back on spending by 60% since 2012.
Runnymede spends £65 on CCTV per resident.
Key Facts
Hackney has one camera for every 90 residents.
There are more CCTV cameras in Hackney than in the whole of Wales.
Wandsworth has more than double the number of CCTV cameras than Manchester,
Liverpool and Birmingham combined.
In the last three years Wandsworth has doubled the number of CCTV cameras it has, despite
having the lowest crime rate in central London.
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For additional tables please see Appendix 1.
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This figure was originally stated incorrectly to be £24 per resident. On 25 February 2016 the figure was updated to show
the correct amount.
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Policy Recommendations
2. Local authorities should regularly report statistics on the number of crimes detected,
investigated and solved by each camera to demonstrate its continued necessity.
It is important that the public know if the cameras in their area are doing their job properly. If a
camera is not regularly achieving its stated goals (for example crime prevention), then there is very
little point to its continued presence; it is a drain on resources. Local authorities should be auditing
their stock of cameras at regular intervals and publishing evidence to show that each and every CCTV
camera continues to be necessary.
3. A single point of contact should be created to oversee CCTV use and resolve complaints.
The current oversight system is divided between the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and
the Surveillance Camera Commissioner (SCC). We believe this is confusing for the general public.
Neither organisation has responsibility for overseeing the use of all UK CCTV. This has led to a
patchwork effect and isn’t helpful to those seeking either advice or redress. That only one of these
organisations has the necessary powers and resources to enforce the law in this area is something
that requires further justification.
As cameras become more multifunctional and potentially increase their biometric capabilities, it may
be that the Biometrics Commissioner becomes involved in their oversight as well. This would add
further confusion. We suggest clarity is established now so that one Commissioner oversees all
aspects of surveillance cameras with feed in from other relevant Commissioners as necessary.
4. A single enforceable Code of Practice which applies to all CCTV cameras should be
released.
Currently there are two Codes of Practice relating to CCTV cameras, one from the Surveillance
Camera Commissioner and one from the Information Commissioner. The codes are similar but not
identical. The unnecessary duplication and confusion from this process could be resolved by the
production of one fully enforceable Code of Practice presented by both Commissioners in
conjunction with one another.
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CCTV in the UK
The usefulness of CCTV could, at best, be described as variable. A number of studies highlighting
how it can help in certain circumstances have questioned why it has been rolled out on such as wide
scale.
One of the most well-known and well regarded studies is the Campbell Collaboration (2008) which
brought together research from around the world. The study found that CCTV had a “modest but
significant desirable effect on crime”. It also noted that it was most effective when used to deter
vehicle theft in car parks. Although it endorsed the continued use of CCTV it did so with the
important caveat that it should be “more narrowly targeted”.5
A report by the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (2007) produced similar findings. The
research also found a “small (16%) but significant decrease in crime”. Once again car park crime was
singled out for attention; stating that the decrease was “largely driven by the effectiveness of CCTV
schemes in car parks, which caused a 51% decrease in crime”. It noted that in these instances the use
of CCTV also came with improved “lighting, fencing and security personnel” meaning that CCTV was
often being used as part of a wider strategy. The study concluded that the results were only
“marginally successful” and that any future schemes should be implemented carefully, evaluated
and properly followed up.6
The variable effectiveness of CCTV has also been noted by the Home Office who found in fourteen
case studies that “The belief that CCTV alone can counter complex social problems is unrealistic in
the extreme”. It also noted that “at best CCTV can work alongside other measures to generate some
changes, but it is no easy panacea”.7
Big Brother Watch does not advocate the removal of all CCTV cameras. As part of a wider strategy
CCTV can be beneficial, particularly when in the right place and used effectively. However, the
benefits have never been fully assessed, other than the benefit to the investigation of car crime.
Without further empirical research on the use of CCTV past and present, we have no real idea of
what areas of crime are reduced by the use of this technology. It should be noted that there has not
been a spike in crime in the areas reporting a reduction in cameras. We understand that a number of
councils are using cameras on an as needed basis, rather than installing fixed cameras.
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Campbell Systematic reviews, Effects of Closed Circuit Television Surveillance on Crime,
December 2008, p. 2
6
Bardon C. Welsh David P. Farrington, Closed Circuit Television Surveillance and Crime Prevention
A Systematic Review, Report prepared for The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, 2007
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Home Office, The impact of CCTV: fourteen case studies:
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Re-deployable cameras can be placed in problem areas for a short space of time. They can then be
retargeted once the issues have been resolved. Whilst we would oppose the use of these cameras as
a “ring of steel” approach, the concept of targeted use in an area where crime has been proven to
be rife could be seen to be more beneficial from a maintenance, cost and privacy perspective, than
an expensive fixed camera surveilling everyone going about their day to day business.
Transparency
No register of CCTV cameras currently exists in the UK. This means we have no idea exactly how
many cameras are present in the country. The most recent estimate, from the British Securities
Industry Association, puts the number at between 4 and 6 million. Without precise numbers it is very
difficult to know where cameras are located, how intrusive they can be and indeed how effective
they are.8
Whilst there are clear problems with transparency around CCTV we note that Mid Sussex District
Council recently announced a public consultation ahead of replacing their current stock of cameras.
The Council invited views on the potential expansion of the scheme. They published the location of
the proposed new cameras, as well as the effectiveness of the existing ones.9 We welcome this
approach as it allows the local residents to judge for themselves whether or not they think they will
benefit from the suggested scheme or not.
This kind of transparency and debate should be standard ahead of the installation of CCTV. The
publication of the business case for each camera before installation would help to further inform
members of the public of any plans.
After the installation of a camera its continued use must be justified both to policymakers and
members of the public. Local authorities must publish information about how often cameras under
their control detect criminal activity. This will ensure the camera is producing the desired effect of
cutting crime and is both beneficial and cost effective.
Oversight
The Surveillance Camera Commissioner (SCC), who is tasked with overseeing the use of
cameras by public bodies and
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which is tasked with overseeing the use of
cameras by private individuals and companies.
Both organisations produce very similar codes of practice on the best use of surveillance camera
equipment. This can cause confusion for members of the public who may wish to lodge a complaint
about a CCTV system but do not know who to complain to.
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Daily Telegraph, One surveillance camera for every 11 people in Britain, says CCTV survey, 10 July 2013:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/10172298/One-surveillance-camera-for-every-11-people-in-Britain-says-CCTV-
survey.html
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Mid Sussex District Council, CCTV camera upgrades for consultation, 18 September 2015:
http://www.midsussex.gov.uk/Press/10073.htm
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Whilst the ICO do an excellent job, for the sake of clarity it would be beneficial for oversight to be
the task of one commissioner, preferably the SCC, who can then seek support from the experienced
ICO on issues of data protection and regulation.
We see great benefit in the ICO continuing to be involved in a specialist and supporting role to the
SCC rather than as two separate groups working in parallel towards a very similar goal.
Future capabilities
Technology is changing rapidly and CCTV is no exception. Within a few years new kinds of camera,
with improved features will become commonplace; bringing with them new opportunities and new
threats.
1. HD Cameras. As this technology becomes cheaper it will allow for better quality footage and
the potential for the easier identification of suspects. At the same time it will raise a host of
concerns such as the use of facial recognition. Recent examples, such as Leicestershire
Police’s trial of the technology have shown that when badly communicated it can provoke a
backlash.10
2. Smart Cities. Increasingly our urban areas are becoming more connected and one of the
areas this is often evident in is CCTV. Concerns have been raised about the threat that
hackers pose to CCTV systems in smart cities. This raises the potential of footage (and
therefore the personal information of citizens) being accessed and stolen by malicious
individuals.11
3. Sound and gait recognition. New technology will allow cameras to recognise certain sounds
such as breaking glass or an argument and feed this back to an operator. Another new
function is the ability of software to record and recognise the way an individual walks,
something that is difficult to disguise and makes it easier to identify suspects in a crowd.12
4. Enhanced Tracking. So called tag and track systems allow individuals to be identified and
then tracked across an entire system with individual cameras sending alerts to operators
whenever the target appears. 13
Taken together these advances will change how cameras are used and the threat they pose to
privacy. Local authorities must begin to consider how they can minimise privacy concerns before
they start trying to deploy these methods on our streets
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The Register, Download Festival face scan: You’re right to be annoyed, said UK surveillance commish, 13 July 2015:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/13/sneaky_use_of_facial_recognition_at_download_rightly_caused_outcry_accord
ing_to_blightys_surveillance_commish/
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Securing Smart Cities, Does CCTV put the public at risk of cyberattack?: http://securingsmartcities.org/wp-
content/uploads/2015/05/CCTV_research_final.pdf
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JobSecurity, What’s the Latest In CCTV Technology: http://www.jobsecurity.co.uk/blog/whats-latest-cctv-technology/
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Kingston University London, Cutting-edge advance in CCTV technology software earns industry acclaim, 26 June 2012:
http://sec.kingston.ac.uk/news/2012/cutting-edge-advance-in-cctv-software-earns-industry-acclaim/
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Total Number of
Council Grand Total
Cameras
City of London and London Boroughs
CCTV is the responsibility of City of
City of London
London Police
Haringey £1,506,357.89 68
Harrow £860,078 166
Havering £211,568.48 467
Hillingdon £865,313 674
Hounslow £2,208,327.20 197
Islington £1,243,000 181
Information not
Lambeth 42
provided
Lewisham £1,996,138 171
Merton Refused - cost and time
Newham £1,871,631 204
Redbridge £2,735,253.96 285
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In April 2015 local authorities in Northern Ireland were re-organised. The report will note the legacy authorities which
merged in each instance in Table 7.
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Following the publication of this report Wandsworth Borough Council clarified their response:
http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/14296756.We_re_not_being_watched_after_all__Wandsworth
_Council_mistakenly_doubles_up_the_number_of_cameras_in_the_borough/
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At time of response an audit of the number of cameras was being undertaken.
17
For traffic monitoring purposes.
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Camera breakdown: 155 - Street and town centre cameras. 91 - Car parks.
19
Camera breakdown: 25 in streets, 7 in surface car parks and 61 for multi-storey car parks
20
Received the following payments for CCTV: 2012/13 - £46,695, 2013/14 - £45,295, 2014/15 - £45,519.
21
Total CCTV expenditure.
22
Includes 9 mobile units.
23
17 - mobile Rapid Deployable cameras.
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Slough £1,355,625 85
South Gloucestershire £310,449 4625
Southampton £2,460,000 335
Southend-on-Sea £976,790 16226
Stockton-on-Tees £469,220 149
Stoke-on-Trent £2,758,884 384
Swindon £205,200 606
Telford and Wrekin £278,806 17327
Thurrock £1,589,921 29728
Torbay £1,262,477 327
Warrington £561,647 15529
West Berkshire £647,990 40
Wiltshire £657,502 130
Windsor and Maidenhead £2,500,524 227
Wokingham £6,000 11
York £1,090,407 120
Total £52,372,923.10 8391
Welsh Unitary Authorities
Blaenau Gwent £1,164,740 72
Bridgend £1,557,229 128
Caerphilly £2,809,311 16030
Cardiff £2,291,125 32531
Carmarthenshire £774,999.58 87
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183 - Public open space (fixed) cameras, 23 - Re-deployable cameras, 8 - 3G cameras
25
Camera breakdown: Fixed - 44, Mobile - 2.
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Camera breakdown: Fixed - 156, Mobile - 6
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Camera breakdown: 160 - Fixed, 13 - Mobile
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Camera breakdown: Fixed - 289, Mobile - 8
29
Includes all cameras viewing public and open space.
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An additional 759 cameras do not operate from the control room (BWC and vehicle mounted) information on these was
refused.
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Camera breakdown: Fixed Cameras – 314, Mobile Cameras - 11
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Response notes that operators are on Grade 3: £16,572-£20,253.
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Haverfordwest - 19, Pembroke - 7, Pembroke Dock - 6, Milford Haven - 8, Tenby - 9
34
CCTV breakdown: Fixed - 132, Mobile - 5
35
Formerly Antrim and Newtonabbey.
36
Formerly Ards and North Down.
37
Formerly Armargh City and District, Banbridge and Craigavon.
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CCTV breakdown: Fixed - 68, Mobile - 2
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Formerly Belfast City Council along with parts of Castlereagh, Lisburn and North Down.
40
Formerly Ballymoney, Coleraine, Limavady and Moyle.
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CCTV breakdown: Fixed - 32, Mobile - 2.
42
Formerly Derry and Strabane.
43
Formerly Fermanagh and Omagh.
44
Location breakdown: Omagh Town Centre - 16, Enniskillen Town Centre - 8
45
Formerly Lisburn and Castlreagh.
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Information not
Mid and East Antrim46 £110,012
provided
Mid-Ulster47 £174,000 17
48
Newry, Mourne and Down £381,549 41
Scottish Council Areas
CCTV is the responsibility of Police
Aberdeen City
Scotland
CCTV is the responsibility of Police
Aberdeenshire Scotland and several town councils that
have purchased their own cameras
Angus £349,328 51
Argyll and Bute £50,000 44
Clackmannanshire £462,225 57
Dumfries and Galloway £105,000 59
Dundee City £359,546.12 8749
East Ayrshire £315,265 81
East Dunbartonshire £158,002 5950
East Lothian £62,290.84 76
East Renfrewshire £1,544,792 65
City of Edinburgh £4,807,383 238
Eilean Siar £7,350 21
Falkirk £587,000 82
Fife £1,261,047 102
Asked for clarification and Big Brother
Glasgow City
Watch failed to provide it
Highland £609,000 122
Information not
Inverclyde £554,987
provided
Midlothian £88,965.29 64
Moray £48,011 5
North Ayrshire £759,642.49 141
Information not held - CCTV managed
North Lanarkshire
and developed by Town
Information not
Orkney Islands broken down - See 15
note51
Perth and Kinross £258,230 35
Renfrewshire £427,700 38
Scottish Borders £122,835 60
46
Formerly Ballymena, Larne and Carrickfergus.
47
Formerly Magherafelt, Cookstown and Dungannon and South Tyrone.
48
Formerly Newry and Mourne and Down.
49
41 used for traffic management.
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CCTV breakdown: Fixed Cameras - 51, Deployable Cameras - 8
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Overall spend: 2012/13 - £782.19, 2013/14 - £5061.58.
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CCTV breakdown: Fixed Cameras - 73, Mobile -7.
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CCTV breakdown: On-Street Cameras: 239, Traffic Cameras: 44
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CCTV control breakdown: City Watch - 288, Highways - 55, Localities - 9
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CCTV type breakdown: 112 mainstream fibred CCTV cameras, 17 3G CCTV mobile units.
56
Reviewing CCTV position at time of response.
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CCTV breakdown: Fixed - 71 Mobile - 1
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Bromsgrove Council manage Wyre Forest District Council's CCTV, additional payment received: 2012/2013 - £46,656
2013/2014 - £47,643 2014/2015 - £46,285.
59
CCTV scheme managed by Redditch Borough Council, additional payments: 2012/2013 - £170,742, 2013/2014 -
£155,141, 2014/2015 - £236,911.
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CCTV breakdown: Monitored - 77 Un-monitored - 12
62
Includes 4 rapid deployment cameras.
63
High Street CCTV transferred to City of Ely Council.
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Elmbridge £257,000 51
64
CCTV breakdown: 73 - Fixed and 4 - Mobile.
65
Includes 2 CCTV vans.
66
CCTV breakdown: 58 - Fixed Cameras 15 - Mobile Cameras.
67
CCTV breakdown: Permanent - 47, Rapid deployment - 5.
68
CCTV use breakdown: Town Centre CCTV - 58 Car Park CCTV - 169.
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29 cameras in the I-Witness network - shared between HBC and the Police.
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Member of
Hertfordshire CCTV
Partnership -
Hertsmere 23
cameras operated
by Stevenage
Borough Council
High Peak £357,091.05 36
Hinckley and Bosworth £112,922 2870
Horsham £102,231 43
Huntingdonshire £944,342 144
Hyndburn £83,716 47
Ipswich £2,884,695 228
Isles of Scilly £437 6
Kettering £564,097 53
King's Lynn and West
£1,082,325 65
Norfolk
Lancaster £571,078 36
Lewes No public facing CCTV cameras
Lichfield £377,053 107
Lincoln £1,633,442 130
Maidstone £727,500 14571
Maldon £30,891 6772
Malvern Hills £15,134 1073
Mansfield £341,689 124
Melton £62,685.20 16
Mendip £299,642 61
Mid Devon £34,402.18 16
70
CCTV breakdown: Public CCTV - 25, Mobile Cameras – 3.
71
CCTV Breakdown: 112 - Fixed Cameras, 33 Mobile Cameras.
72
Includes main council office building.
73
CCTV breakdown: 5 - Mobile Lamppost units, 5 - Covert Cameras.
74
Additional cameras outside the district monitored as part of shared service with another authority.
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Council also monitors cameras on behalf of the following: Devon County Council: 9, Green Lanes: 37, Park School 12,
Commercial: 29. This yields and income of £21,800 per annum.
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Rossendale £32,058 25
Rother £72,034 1081
Information not
Rugby £733,690
provided
Runnymede82 £5,281,821.74 365
Rushcliffe £0 25
Rushmoor £2,006,530 11583
CCTV is the Responsibility of North
Ryedale
Yorkshire Police
Scarborough £37,000 61
Sedgemoor £1,684,61184 14785
Selby £119,432 11
Sevenoaks £724,609 96
76
All mobile.
77
Cameras transferred to Town Councils at the end of March 2014.
78
CCTV breakdown - 34 Fixed and 1 CCTV Van.
79
CCTV breakdown - 106 Fixed, 1 Mobile.
80
Cameras "offered" by Profile Security Services Ltd.
81
All operated by Sussex Police.
82
Following the publication of this report Runnymede Borough Council clarified their response:
https://www.runnymede.gov.uk/cctvreport
83
Shared with Hart District Council.
84
Response notes an annual CCTV income: 2012/13: £212,219 2013/14: £208,325, 2014/15: £202,667
85
Also carries out CCTV coverage for Taunton Deane Borough Council.
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86
Police have access to 7 of the cameras - no cost associated.
87
As of 18th October 2012.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
28
No information
held - CCTV
responsibility
Teignbridge
transferred to a
local community
group in 2012
Information not
Tendring £71,723.30
provided
Test Valley £77,077 16
Tewkesbury £3,600 12
Thanet £890,610 94
Three Rivers £56,247.86 5688
Tonbridge and Malling £585,000 159
Torridge £672,024.51 18
Tunbridge Wells £673,629 38
Uttlesford £42,673 1
Vale of White Horse £460,936.68 29
Warwick £1,871,998 190
Watford £1,388,030 92
Waveney £152,400 61
Waverley £6,659.90 4
CCTV is the responsibility of Sussex Police
Wealden - some town and parish councils may
contribute to the cost
Wellingborough £172,021 17
Welwyn Hatfield £665,138 41
West Devon No response received
See Weymouth's
West Dorset89 £93,053
response
West Lancashire £1,544,964.18 95
West Lindsey £267,653.71 24
West Oxfordshire
Information not
West Somerset £151,591
provided
Weymouth and Portland £1,356,404 113
Winchester £552,000 115
Woking £890,776 691
Worcester £211,500 68
Worthing See Adur's response
Wychavon £451,800 3290
Wycombe £1,445,073 106
88
CCTV control: Local Authority: 51, Community Safety Partnership: 5.
89
Also provides funding towards the monitoring/maintenance costs of the Dorchester and Bridport schemes as well as two
town councils.
90
An additional 68 fixed cameras are monitored for Worcester City Council.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
29
Wyre £122,735.13 29
Wyre Forest £212,150.26 17
Total £93,459,902.42 11639
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
30
Total Spend - Installation Total Spend - Installation Total Spend - Operation and Total Spend - Operation and
Council (Fixed) Total (Mobile) Total Maintenance (Fixed) Total Maintenance (Mobile) Total
2012- 2013- 2014- 2012- 2013- 2014- 2013- 2014- 2012- 2013- 2014-
2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 2012-2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015
City of London and London boroughs
City of
CCTV is the responsibility of City of London Police
London
Barking and No response received
Dagenham
£2,476,21
Barnet Information not provided £869,750 £717,508 £888,954 £0 £0 £0 £0
2
£2,734,60 £37,00 £33,40
Bexley Information not provided - commercially sensitive £929,500 £935,200 £869,900 £7,000 £77,400
0 0 0
£757,00 £500,00 £1,657,00 £12,00 £12,00
Brent £400,000 £48,000 £72,000 Information combined with installation costs £0 £0 £0 £0
0 0 0 0 0
£11,95 £11,95 £11,95
Bromley £0 £26,000 £0 £26,000 Information not broken down £132,110 £132,110 £132,110 £396,330 £35,850
0 0 0
£63,049 £73,374. £138,418. £268,865. £787,763 £682,282 £1,738,91
Camden £1,995 Information not broken down Information not broken down
.35 28 63 64 .86 .91 2.41
£471,50 £1,554,62 £1,405,7 £1,305,4 £4,265,83
Croydon £0 £256,539 £728,039 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
0 7 88 22 7
£192,10 £227,77 £42,223. £462,110. Information not broken down - see fixed £348,527. £1,090,0 £851,705 £2,290,24 Information not broken down - see fixed
Ealing
9.28 7.07 95 30 total 21 07.94 .43 0.58 total
£326,35 £567,33 £1,106,2 £1,999,96 Information not broken down - see fixed £1,026,71 £38,76 £23,08 £54,90 £116,75
Enfield £320,404 £354,064 £352,248
6.44 7.80 69.01 3.25 total 6 5.40 4 8 7.40
£188,03
Greenwich £0 £0 £188,038 £0 £0 £0 £0 £60,439 £43,786 £77,187 £181,412 £0 £0 £0 £0
8
Hackney £40,000 £89,000 £287,000 £416,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £205,000 £191,000 £200,000 £596,000 £0 £0 £0 £0
Hammersmi
£377,27 £378,94
th and £221,932 £978,156 £0 £0 £0 £0 £111,509 £85,173 £59,148 £255,830 £0 £0 £0 £0
8 6
Fulham
£282,179. £283,446 £240,878 £806,503.
Haringey £12,935 £11,353 £11,353 £35,641 Council does not use Mobile CCTV Council does not use Mobile CCTV
72 .06 .11 89
Harrow No response received
Havering £0 £56,055 £80,513. £136,568. Included in installation costs £136,56
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
31
48 48 8.48
£12,47
Hillingdon £0 £0 £11,800 £11,800 £0 £0 £12,475 £150,925 £138,382 £134,708 £424,015 £335 £0 £0 £335
5
£45,631 £84,107 £232,638. £57,47 Information not broken down - see
Hounslow £102,899 £2,863 £8,335 £68,670 £132,000 £132,000 £132,000 £396,000
.57 .99 56 2.28 previous total
£70,00 Information cannot be broken
Islington £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £70,000 £96,000 £96,000 £96,000 £288,000
0 down - same contract
Kensington
£0 £0 £84,579 £84,579 £0 £0 £0 £0 £155,071 £141,717 £85,344 £382,132 £0 £0 £0 £0
and Chelsea
Kingston Information cannot be broken down - CCTV budget includes cost of Emergency out of hours call
upon £45,000 £0 £0 £45,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 services, support to premises security functions, car parking help centre response, car park
Thames monitoring, and CCTV support and moving traffic enforcement observations.
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55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
32
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
33
Staffordshir
CCTV is the responsibility of the District and Borough Councils
e
Suffolk CCTV is the responsibility of the District and Borough Councils
Surrey CCTV is the responsibility of the District and Borough Councils
Warwickshi
Refused: Cost and Time
re
West
£27,819 £40,291 £34,275 £102,385 £0 £0 £0 £0 £5,302 £1,650 £1,650 £8,602 £4,800 £5,470 £7,100 £17,370
Sussex
Worcesters
No response received
hire
£812,074. £971,813 £1,174,84
Total £24,500
28 .86 3.00
English Unitary Authorities
Bath and
North East Refused - Cost and Time
Somerset
Bedford £17,87
£27,804 £27,329 £60,705 £115,838 £1,015 £11,640 £30,525 £286,190 £284,950 £281,734 £852,874 £0 £230 £640 £870
Borough 0
Blackburn
£32,316 £26,955. £60,255.1 £125,603. £139,796 £136,934 £402,334.
with £983.36 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £1,300 £1,300
.80 03 9 34 .95 .02 31
Darwen
£216,12
Blackpool £0 £0 £216,126 £0 £0 £0 £0 £294,017 £227,995 £193,430 £715,442 £0 £0 £0 £0
6
Bournemou £18,44 £12,53 £15,08
£8,526 £0 £36,623 £45,149 £7,013 £0 £25,459 £506,014 £500,273 491,485 1,497,772 £6,228 £33,849
th 6 6 5
Bracknell
Information not provided £850 £16,400 £20,500 £37,750 £0 £0 £4,000 £4,000
Forest
Brighton £30,673 £11,332. £42,855.3 £109,598. £93,695. £92,100. £295,395.
£849.37 £0 £0 £0 £091 £0 £0 £0 £0
and Hove .80 20 7 74 82 81 37
Bristol, City Information not broken down - included in
£0 £0 £0 £0 £129,565 £99,751 £56,473 £285,789 £0 £0 £0 £0
of operation and maintenance costs
Central
Bedfordshir £0 £0 £100,000 £100,000 £0 £0 £40,000 £40,000 £52,740 £40,627 £40,627 £133,994 £0 £0 £0 £0
e
Cheshire £2,225. £15,550 £7,342.5 £25,119.2 £758,603. £536,956 £326,431 £1,621,99
£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
East 90 .71 9 0 28 .56 .23 1.07
Cheshire
£195,86 £196,29 £156,750. £137,405 £149,425 £443,581. £9,809. £10,51 £12,10 £32,430
West and £126,078 £518,239 £0 £0 £0 £0
3 8 53 .24 .32 09 18 3.87 7.42 .47
Chester
91
Authority does not operate mobile CCTV.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
34
92
Total CCTV expenditure.
93
Councils do not operate mobile CCTV.
94
Shared cost with Leicestershire County Council.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
35
95
Information broken down by calendar year: 2014 - £7,500, 2015 - £7,800.
96
This return figure is an estimated internal recharge cost for the monitoring centre which house s other council services and so is not split between fixed and mobile cameras.
97
This return figure is an estimated internal recharge cost for the monitoring centre which house s other council services and so is not split between fixed and mobile cameras.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
36
£172,793
Wiltshire £0 £7,332 £9,800 £17,132 £0 £0 £0 £0 £63,835 £53,915 £55,043 99 £0 £0 £0 £0
Windsor
£1,273,00
and £6,117 £9,127 £2,280 £17,524 £0 £0 £0 £0 £352,000 £480,000 441000100 £0 £0 £0 £0
0
Maidenhead
Wokingham £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £2,000 £2,000 £2,000 £6,000 £0 £0 £0 £0
York £99,500 £0 £38,270 £137,770 £0 £0 £0 £0 £107,637 £122,034 £130,203 £359,874 £0 £0 £0 £0
£7,882,04 £25,340,1 £411,53
Total £330,725
0 42.93 4
Welsh Unitary Authorities
Blaenau £1,164,74
£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £504,259 £503,175 £157,306 £0 £0 £0 £0
Gwent 0
£1,115,32
Bridgend £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £354,851 £376,817 £383,661 £0 £0 £0 £0
9
£1,565,17 Information cannot be broken down -
Caerphilly £0 £30,530 £5,850 £36,380 £0 £0 £0 £0 £524,147 £526,316 £514,712
5 see fixed CCTV total
£11,75 £10,94
Cardiff £0 £0 £10,437 £10,437 £0 £21,499 £33,249 £153,192 £153,192 £153,192 £459,576 £0 £2,341 £13,281
0 0
Carmarthen £6,369. £15,618 £4,458.0 £26,445.9 £51,216.1 £56,410. £57,137. £164,764.
£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
shire 90 .00 0 0 1 50 65 26
Ceredigion Council "no longer provide CCTV"
£252,165. £229,109 £166,372 £674,646. Information not broken down - see fixed
Conwy £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
13 .25 .13 51 costs
Denbighshir Information cannot be broken down - see mobile £300,3 £280,4 £274,0 £854,82
£6,570 £6,532 £6,519 £19,621 £0 £0 £0 £0
e costs 48 18 60 6
Flintshire Refused - S. 43: Commercial Interests Information not provided
Gwynedd £6,690 £0 £0 £6,690 £0 £0 £0 £0 £23,310 £23,310 £23,310 £69,930 £0 £0 £0 £0
Isle of
No response received
Anglesey
Merthyr
£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £188,660 £180,720 £172,620 £542,000 £0 £0 £0 £0
Tydfil
Monmouths
£70,000 £80,000 £73,807 £223,807 The council makes an annual contribution to a shared service (this includes several councils and a police force) - See fixed installation costs
hire
98
Windsor and Maidenhead Council made the following payments – 2012/13 - £138,510, 2013/14 - £143,190, 2014/15 - £145,340
99
Costs broken down: Staffing - Agency; 2012/13 - £205,175, 2013/14 - £93,741, 2014/15 - £95,387. Staffing - CCTV; 2012/13 - £30,062, 2013/14 - £30,038, 2014/15 - £13,174
100
Response notes: “This information has been compiled by using the position numbers PES007 and PES008 which are for CCTV Operations, it is not included in the figures above and these
figures do not include any agency payments as this information also falls into the category of information which we would be able to arrive at from Agresso within 18 hours, but which is not
held at present in any other format than within the many transactions in Agresso”.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
37
Neath Port
£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £120,460 £113,144 £107,582 £341,186 £0 £0 £0 £0
Talbot
Informati
£40,000
Newport £0 101 £0 £40,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 on not £0 Information not provided
provided
Pembrokes
£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £71,690 £56,405 £44,304 £172,399 £0 £0 £0 £0
hire
Powys Refused - cost and time
Rhondda, Information cannot be broken down - see Information not broken down - see fixed
£41,451 £41,305 £2,433 £85,189 £163,406 £98,560 £89,140 £351,106
Cynon, Taff fixed total total
£1,611,06
Swansea £0 £0 £0 £0 £7,200 £0 £0 £7,200 £536,446 £536,446 £538,172 £700 £700 £1,400 £2,800
4
The Vale of
£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £17,057 £25,647 £16,639 £59,343 £0 £0 £0 £0
Glamorgan
£21,77 £41,53 £38,93 £102,24
Torfaen £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £2,400 £0 £2,400 £0 £0 £0 £0
9 0 7 6
£89,604. £106,722. £1,165,15
Wrexham £0 £17,118 £0 £0 £0 £0 £390,633 £384,834 £389,683 £0 £0 £0 £0
88 88 0
Northern Irish District Council Areas
Antrim and
Newtownabbe £0 £16,500 £0 £16,500 £0 £0 £0 £0 £6,189 £6,349 £13,072 £25,610 £0 £0 £0 £0
y
Ards and
£6,389 £3,238 £9,875 £19,502 £0 £0 £0 £0 £96,208 £100,358 £91,788 £288,354 £0 £0 £0 £0
North Down
Armagh
City,
£21,865. £23,399.6 Information cannot be broken down - see £38,632.7 £17,193. £19,699. £75,526.5 Information cannot be broken down - see
Banbridge £1,534 £0
63 3 fixed total 0 97 86 3 fixed total
and
Craigavon
Belfast Does not own or operate CCTV cameras
Causeway
Coast and £0 £7,025 £7,804 £14,829 £0 £0 £0 £0 £88,820 £90,134 £88,077 £267,031 £0 £0 £0 £0
Glens
Derry City
£102,031
and £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 102 £91,380 £97,310 £290,721 £0 £0 £0 £0
Strabane
101
Response notes: Includes cost of hard drives.
102
Cost of temporary CCTV for specific events: 2012/13: £24,531, 2013/14: £13,880, 2014/14: £19,810.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
38
103
An additional £35,065 was provided by the Department of Justice to Fermanagh District Council.
104
Authority does not use mobile CCTV.
105
Maintenance costs only - operational costs met by Police Scotland.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
39
106
Authority does not operate mobile CCTV.
107
In each case a total of £144,790 was paid 50/50 by Fife Council and the Fife Division of Police Scotland.
108
In each case a total of £188,717 was paid 50/50 by Fife Council and the Fife Division of Police Scotland.
109
Authority does not operate mobile CCTV.
110
Net amounts.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
40
Stirling111 Information cannot be broken down - see note112 599,200 Information not broken down
West
£20,00 £19,40
Dunbartons £0 £13,094 £11,834 £24,928 £51,487 £90,887 £81,669 £99,416 £53,028 £234,113 Information not broken down
0 0
hire
West
CCTV is the responsibility of Police Scotland
Lothian
£2,271,25 £18,208,4 £1,188,
Total £237,566
9 83.20 113
English Metropolitan Councils
£71,493.7 £67,464. £60,265. £199,223.
Barnsley £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 Information cannot broken down
2 15 43 30
£2,019,16
Birmingham Unable to break down installation costs £0 £0 £0 £0113 £704,473 £649,283 £665,407 £0 £0 £0 £0
3
Bolton Town Centre CCTV provided by National Car Parks Ltd
Bradford £0 £6,500 £15,171 £21,671 Information not broken down Information cannot be broken down - paid for as part of a wider departmental budget
Bury £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £128,030 £74,630 £50,660 £253,320 Information cannot broken down
Calderdale £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £35,000 £35,000 £35,000 £105,000 £0 £0 £0 £0
Coventry Refused - Cost and Time
£6,203. £12,892. £19,096.5 £26,10 £1,463,88 £10,82
Doncaster £0 £0 £0 £26,100 £469,641 £489,650 £504,592 £4,195 £6,415 £21,437
76 83 9 0 3 7
Information not broken down - see fixed
Dudley £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £50,000 £50,000 £50,000 £150,000
total
£36,082. £26,426. £62,508.7
Gateshead £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
51 21 2
£318,00 £309,00
Kirklees £298,000 £925,000 Information not broken down - see fixed installation costs
0 0
£144,496 Information cannot be broken
Knowsley £30,695 £27,312 £2,975 £60,982114 Information cannot be broken down £42,234 £51,100 £51,162 115
down
Leeds Refused - Cost and Time
£36,670 £9,715. £10,334. £56,720.5
Liverpool £0 £1,000 £3,500 £4,500 £200,554 £200,554 £200,554 £601,662 £0 £0 £0 £0
.50 34 75 9
Manchester £35,984 £37,955 £36,238 £110,177 Information net £11,061 £11,061 £741,231 £624,358 £552,466 £1,918,05 Information not broken down - see fixed
111
Part of the Forth Valley CCTV Partnership from 2012-2014 (run independently 2014-2015).
112
Combined expenditure: 2012-2013: £196,222, 2013-2014: £218,673, 2014-2015: £184,305.
113
The council does not operate mobile cameras.
114
Huyton - 2012/13: £23,705, 2013/14: £15,167, 2014/15: £2,500.
115
Huyton - 2012/13: £9,015, 2013/14: £8,007, 2014/15: £8,625.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
41
See fixed costs - information cannot be Information cannot be broken down - see
Rotherham £38,130 £184,211 £186,066 £166,314 £536,591
broken down fixed costs
Information not broken down - see fixed Information not broken down - see fixed
Salford £96,648 £48,769 £0 £145,417 £59,696 £68,274 £101,644 £229,614
total total
Sandwell £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 Information cannot be broken down: maintenance costs handled as part of a larger budget
£30,00 £30,00 £30,00
Sefton £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £90.00 £90,000 £90,000 £270,000 £90,000
0 0 0
Sheffield £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 Dealt with via a PFI Contract
£19,33
Solihull £10,000 £1,000 £0 £11,000 £0 £0 £19,331 £162,011 £140,049 £164,508 £466,568 £5,900 £5,900 £4,400 £16,200
1
South £29,859 £27,536 £18,215. £75,611.5 £28,958.4 £28,958. £26,344. £84,261.4
£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Tyneside .70 .26 58 4 4 44 60 8
£30,497.2 £36,277. £46,610. £113,385. £4,500. £4,500.
St. Helens £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £8,440 £12,185 £20,625 £0 £0
7 77 21 25 00 00
£26,40 £26,40
Stockport £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £318,600 £318,600 £233,600 £870,800 26,400 £79,200
0 0
£15,50 £44,01 £21,25
Sunderland £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £28,500 £44,000 £50,408 £49,847 £49,068 £149,323 £831 £66,100
0 9 0
Tameside £0 £0 £0 £0 Does not use mobile cameras £119,700 £119,700 £119,700 £359,100 Does not use mobile cameras
116
Trafford £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £56,000 £56,000 £51,669 £163,669 £0 £0 £0 £0
Wakefield £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £203,758 £252,346 £220,962 £677,066 £0 £0 £0 £0
£1,604. £8,189. £5,953. £15,748
Walsall £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £147,157 £166,689 £212,953 £526,799
60 78 92 .30
£47,74
Wigan £0 £47,740 £77,644 £125,384 £5,000 £5,000 £57,740 £37,531 £37,525 £35,636 £110,692 £0 £1,450 £1,050 £2,500
0
116
Authority does not utilise mobile CCTV.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
42
117
Council does not use mobile cameras.
118
A further £24,515 has been contributed by other authorities.
119
An additional £20,000 has been contributed by the local police force and the Community Safety Partnership.
120
An additional £1,810 contribution was made by Community Safety Partnership.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
43
System administered by Kings Lynn & West Norfolk. Contributions for monitoring wages and maintenance cannot be broken down - see fixed
Breckland £17,506 £85,344 £137,412 £240,262
installation costs
Brentwood £0 £12,543 £37,935 £50,478 £0 £0 £0 £0 £123,925 £129,046 £103,914 £356,885 £0 £0 £0 £0
Broadland Council has no public facing CCTV
£9,612. £34,818.4
Bromsgrove £12,375 £12,831 £0 £0 £0 £0 £25,445 £25,445 £25,445 £76,335 £0 £0 £0 £0
40 0
£16,00 £10,00 £10,00 £10,00
Broxbourne £19,000 £11,000 £25,000 £55,000 £0 £0 £16,000 £67,000 £67,000 £67,000 £201,000 £30,000
0 0 0 0
Information not broken down - see fixed
Broxtowe £395 £0 £3,220 £3,615 £125,762 £132,108 £114,814 £372,684 £0 £0 £0 £0
total
Burnley £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £128,000 £134,000 £132,000 £394,000 £0 £0 £0 £0
£1,777,00 £20,00 £20,00 £20,00
Cambridge £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £627,000 £527,000 £623,000 £60,000
0 0 0 0
Cannock 270,173 202,112 197,936. £670,222. £161,297. £162,030 £140,207 £463,535.
£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Chase .95 .13 64 72 06 .50 .95 51
£544,55 £535,86 £555,216 £1,635,63
Canterbury Purchase, Operation, Maintenance and Installation costs cannot be broken down - see fixed installation costs
5.11 5.47 .38 6.96
Carlisle No response received
Castle Point £630 £3,200 £5,378 £9,208 £0 £0 £0 £0 £1,021 £534 £5,361 £6,916 £0 £0 £0 £0
£17,476 £29,451. £46,927.8 £372,691. £210,063 £240,690 £823,445.
Charnwood £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 Information not broken down
.00 87 7 86121 .61 .14122 61
Chelmsford £29,053 £51,352 £7,717 £88,122 £0 £0 £0 £0 £364,063 £336,309 £294,254 £994,626 £0 £0 £0 £0
123 £126,444. £109,264 £104,699 £340,408.
Cheltenham £109,080.73 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
04 .55 .91 50
Cherwell £0 £0 £0 £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A £88,000 £88,000 £88,000 £264,000 £0 £0 £0 £0
Chesterfield Information cannot be broken down - totals include non-public facing CCTV
Information not broken down - see fixed Information not broken down - see fixed
Chichester £0 £0 £16,540 £16,540 £234,691 £224,086 £225,560 £684,337
total total
Chiltern No response received
£704.6 £1,741.6 £23,042.9 £25,120. £22,965. £71,128.6
Chorley £0 £29,200 £0 £29,200 £0 £1,037 £0 £0 £0 £0
5 5 5 25 41 1
Christchurc £187,00 Information not broken down - see fixed Information not broken down - see fixed
£0 £0 £187,000 £168,000 £207,000 £185,000 £560,000
h 0 total total
121
Repairs to server.
122
Replacing the server.
123
Authority does not use mobile CCTV.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
44
124
Authority does not use mobile CCTV.
125
Authority doesn’t use of mobile CCTV.
126
Payment made for a wireless conversion project, one-off exit strategy payment.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
45
Systems Systems
£38,493.3 £24,858. £32,796. £96,148.7 Systems upgrade ongoing - includes four
Erewash £0 £0 Upgrade £0 £0 £0 Upgrade £0
5 50 87 2 mobile cameras
ongoing ongoing
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
46
£22,38
Hastings £0 £0 £3,200 £3,200 £0 £33,959 £56,339 £62,548 £61,491 £61,126 £185,165 £0 £0 £0 £0
0.00
Havant £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £74,000 £74,000 £74,000 £222,000 £0 £0 £0 £0
Hertsmere Member of Hertfordshire CCTV Partnership - cameras operated by Stevenage Borough Council
£9,884. £5,867. £22,744.1 £110,352. £108,754 £115,240 £334,346.
High Peak £6,992 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
57 60 7 57 .12 .19 88
Hinckley
£10,78
and £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £10,780 £41,273 £26,784 £33,965 £102,022 £0 £0 £120 £120
0
Bosworth
Horsham £8,359 £49,720 £0 £58,079 £0 £0 £0 £0 £13,357 £17,004 £13,791 £44,152 £0 £0 £0 £0
Huntingdon
£37,500 £0 £0 £37,500 £0 £0 £0 £0 £124,622 £124,761 £124,622 £374,005 £0 £0 £0 £0
shire
Hyndburn £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £21,974 £22,302 £24,440 £68,716 £0 £0 £0 £0
£1,400,73
Ipswich £66,084 £52,454 £17,356 £135,894 £3,000 £1,279 £0 £4,279 £503,842 £472,783 £424,106 Information not broken down
1
Isles of
£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £115 £322 £437
Scilly
Kettering £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0127 £82,245 £97,145 £95,655 £275,045 £0 £0 £0 £0
King's Lynn
and West £66,879 £53,618 £124,934 £245,341 Information not broken down - see fixed installation costs
Norfolk
Lancaster £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £209,219 £172,606 £189,253 £571,078 £0 £0 £0 £0
Lewes No public facing CCTV cameras
Lichfield £16,242 £40,181 £18,435 £74,858 £0 £0 £0 £0 £100,342 £99,052 £102,801 £302,195 £0 £0 £0 £0
Lincoln £0 £0 £14,000 £14,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £304,643 £347,693 £327,101 £979,437 £0 £0 £0 £0
£727,500 Information not broken down - see fixed
Maidstone £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £242,500 £242,500 £242,500 128
maintenance costs
Information not broken down - see fixed
Maldon £0 £8,611 £0 £8,611 £0 £0 £0 £0 £8,033 £6,844 £7,403 £22,280
costs
Malvern
£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £2,154 £0 £2,154 £0 £0 £0 £0 £1,184 £2,800 £8,996 £12,980
Hills
Mansfield £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £128,892 £128,892 £83,905 £341,689 £0 £0 £0 £0
Melton £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0129 £7,120 £7,140 £8,035 £22,295 £0 £0 £0 £0
127
No installations since 1996.
128
Expenditure broken down between a Medway Council CCTV scheme - £225,000 and a Kent Police CCTV scheme - £17,500
129
Authority does not use mobile cameras.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
47
130
Management fee to North Derbyshire Chamber of Commerce.
131
CCTV van.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
48
Oadby and
£0 £0 £240 £240 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Wigston
132
Oxford £0 £0 £19,104 £19,104 £0 £0 £0 £0 £59,000 £59,000 £12,000 £130,000 £0 £0 £0 £0
£149,261. £126,728 £384,152.
Pendle £29,238 £1,875 £7,916 £39,029 £0 £0 £0 £0 £108,163 Information not broken down
25 .49 74
Preston £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £150,000 £150,000 £150,000 £450,000 £500 £500 £500 £1,500
Purbeck £373 £220 £687 £1,280 £0 £0 £0 £0 £1,218 £661 £549 £2,428 £0 £0 £0 £0
Redditch £14,904 £18,694 £19,247 £52,845 £0 £0 £0 £0 £22,731 £22,731 £22,731 £68,193 £0 £0 £0 £0
Reigate and
£39,000 £282,000
Banstead
Ribble
£4,355 £0 £2,140 £6,495 £0 £0 £0 £0 £5,890 £6,410 £6,500 £18,800 £0 £0 £0 £0
Valley
Richmondsh
£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £9,538 £1,266 £1,266 £12,070 £1,700 £1,220 £850 £3,770
ire
Rochford Does not own or operate CCTV cameras
Rossendale £0 £0 £4,478 £4,478 £0 £0 £0 £0 £7,760 £5,780 £14,040 £27,580 £0 £0 £0 £0
£10,36
Rother £0 £4,178 £0 £4,178 £0 £11,210 £21,578 £16,472 £13,549 £16,257 £46,278 Information not broken down
8
£237,82 £244,51
Rugby £251,360 £733,690 CCTV is the responsibility of Rugby First, in partnership with local businesses and Warwickshire Police - see installation for Rugby's contribution
0 0
£20,310 £17,505 £40,135. £77,951.2 £918,009. £904,912 £891,488 £2,714,41
Runnymede £0 £0 £0 £0133 £0 £0 £0 £0
.00 .96 26 2 25 .66 .96 0.87
Rushcliffe £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
£120,77 £154,55 £441,309 £433,259 £1,216,91
Rushmoor £0 £275,337 £0 £0 £0 £0 £342,342 £0 £0 £0 £0
8134 9135 136 137
0
Ryedale CCTV is the Responsibility of North Yorkshire Police
Scarboroug
£0 £7,000 £30,000 £37,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 CCTV control centre includes Scarborough lifeline call centre - costs cannot be separated
h
£172,800 £179,620 £129,075
Sedgemoor Information not provided 138 139 140 £481,495 Information not broken down
132
Authority does not use mobile CCTV.
133
Authority does not use mobile CCTV.
134
Costs shared with Hart District Council.
135
Costs shared with Hart District Council.
136
Costs shared with Hart District Council.
137
Costs shared with Hart District Council.
138
Includes £6,913 in "support costs".
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
49
139
Includes £50,789 in "support costs".
140
Includes £57,191 in "support costs".
141
Yeovil Town Council contribute £31,000 per annum to the running of the system.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
50
ry
Taunton £225,037. £225,037 £230,700 £680,774. Information not broken down - CCTV
Information cannot be broken down - CCTV managed by Sedgemore District Council
Deane 13 .13 .52 78 managed by Sedgemore district council
Teignbridge No information held - CCTV responsibility transferred to a local community group in 2012
£21,351 £16,670 £30,069. £68,090.8 £2,267. £3,632.5
Tendring £440 £925 Information cannot be broken down - see installation costs
.53 .26 01 0 50 0
Test Valley £75,325 £0 £0 £75,325 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £1,752 £1,752 £0 £0 £0 £0
Tewkesbury £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £1,200 £1,200 £1,200 £3,600 Information not provided
Thanet £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £250 £0 £250 £169,000 £171,140 £169,220 £509,360 £0 £0 £0 £0
Three 143 £4,310.73 £7,285.2 £11,271. £22,867.8
12,610 12,666 8,104 33,380 £0 £0 £0 £0 144 £0 £0 £0 £0
Rivers 9145 84146 6
Tonbridge £11,00
£33,000 £0 £10,500 £43,500 £0 £0 £6,400 £6,400 £210,000 £163,000 £141,000 £514,000 £4,800 £5,300 £21,100
and Malling 0
Torridge Information not provided 164,419.3 157,600. 134,221. £456,240. £0 £0 £0 £0
142
The Authority's annual budget books and report indicate that they spent £15,000 annually on "CCTV camera renewals".
143
Authority does not use mobile CCTV.
144
Authority: £1,744.53, Community Safety Partnership: £2566.20.
145
Authority: £2,152.29, Community Safety Partnership: £5,133.
146
Authority: £2,218.67, Community Safety Partnership: £9,053.17
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
51
8 00 13 51
Tunbridge
£33,000 £5,866 £0 £38,866 £0 £7,463 £0 £7,463 £94,400 £94,400 £76,000 £264,800 £0 £0 £0 £0
Wells
Uttlesford £14,828 £18,000 £0 £32,828 £0 £0 £0 £0 £8,225 £1,620 £0 £9,845 £0 £0 £0 £0
Vale of
Information not broken down - see fixed £43,447.6 £44,928. £43,692. £132,068. Information not broken down - see fixed
White £0 £2,260 £18,280 £20,540
total 5 89 36 90 total
Horse
£1,416,00
Warwick £29,000 £29,000 Council does not use Mobile CCTV £472,000 £472,000 £472,000 Council does not use Mobile CCTV
0
147
Watford £3,000 £2,000 £105,000 £110,000 £0 £0 £0 £0 £306,950 £289,510 £249,570 £846,030 £0 £0 £0 £0
Waveney £29,000 £3,500 £46,000 £78,500 £0 £0 £0 £0 £25,000 £26,100 £22,800 £73,900 £0 £0 £0 £0
£6,659.9 See
Waverley £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £6,659.90 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
0 note 148
Wealden CCTV is the responsibility of Sussex Police - some town and parish councils may contribute to the cost
Wellingboro
£0 £1,975 £16,750 £18,725 £0 £0 £0 £0 £53,123 £51,880 £48,293 £153,296 £0 £0 £0 £0
ugh
Welwyn
£100 £64,397 £35,824 £100,321 £0 £0 £0 £0 £126,869 £118,736 £106,212 £351,817 £0 £0 £0 £0
Hatfield
West Devon No response received
West Dorset £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £30,136 £30,136 £30,136 £90,408 £158 £1,450 £1,037 £2,645
West £411,74 £385,97 £24,599. £822,321. 149 £239,592. £252,894 £230,156 £722,642.
£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Lancashire 6.90 4.89 62 41 34 .04 .39 77
West £2,139.7 £17,399.7 £71,704.4 £65,664. £61,622. £198,991.
£11,052 £4,208 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Lindsey 9 9 9 85 28 62
West
No response received
Oxfordshire
West
£39,663 £36,067 £29,715 £105,445 Information not broken down - see fixed installation costs for total CCTV budget
Somerset
Weymouth
and Information not provided £277,977 £228,326 £240,003 £746,306 £0 £1,124 £390 £1,514
Portland
Winchester £75,000 £75,000 £0 £0 £0 £0150 £159,000 £159,000 £159,000 £477,000 £0 £0 £0 £0
Woking 31,035 £22,433 £86,278 £139,746 £0 £0 £0 £0 £294,221 £223,558 £225,023 £742,802 £2,990 £2,738 £2,500 £8,228
147
Authority does not use mobile CCTV.
148
Amount includes 60-month maintenance contract.
149
Authority does not use mobile CCTV.
150
Authority does not use mobile CCTV.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
52
151
Figures based on revised budget net cost of service.
152
Response combined operation, maintenance and wages costs.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
53
153
There is a partnership agreement in place with MPS/MOPAC for monitoring,
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
54
154
All monitoring is carried out by a contractor.
155
The authority has no dedicated CCTV operators.
156
CCTV is monitored as part of a larger work remit.
157
Cameras monitored by Gloucestershire Police.
158
Response notes: "We do not have dedicated CCTV operators, there is a Highway Management Centre which monitors
and manages traffic using a wide array of systems; one of which is CCTV."
159
The authority does not employ any dedicated CCTV operators.
160
The Council does not employ any dedicated CCTV operators.
161
Monitoring delivered by an external agency.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
55
Darwen
Blackpool £41,763 £41,763 £41,763 £125,289
Bournemouth £286,256 £286,256 £286,256 £858,768
Bracknell Forest162 £0 £0 £0 £0
Brighton and
£0 £0 £0 £0
Hove163
Bristol, City of Information cannot be broken down - staff undertake multiple responsibilities
Central Bedfordshire £147,000 £138,000 £129,000 £414,000
Cheshire East Information not provided £267,199.20 £267,199.20
Cheshire West and
£377,000 £374,000 £426,000 £1,177,000
Chester
Cornwall £10,058 £5,339 £0 £15,397
Darlington £335,320 £351,142 £347,926 £1,034,388
Derby £160,000 £170,000 £170,000 £500,000
Durham Information cannot be broken down - staff undertake multiple responsibilities
East Riding of
£90,249 £92,828 £95,546 £278,623
Yorkshire
Halton N/A164 £96,000 £120,000 £216,000
Hartlepool Monitoring carried out by Thirteen Group Housing Association
Herefordshire £96,684 £90,106 £80,697 £267,487
Isle of Wight Refused - commercially sensitive information
Kingston upon Hull,
Unable to break figure down - staff have a range of responsibilities
City of
Leicester £279,000 £308,400 £303,000 £890,400
Luton £170,000 £170,000 £170,000 £510,000
Medway
Middlesbrough £225,000 £225,000 £225,000 £675,000
165
Milton Keynes £0 £0 £0 £0
North East
£205,625.06 £209,890.56 £232,000.96 £647,516.58
Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire £98,400 £98,400 £98,400 £295,200
North Somerset Information not broken down by financial year £1,194,000
Northumberland166 £0 £0 £0 £0
Nottingham167 Information not held
Peterborough £198,495 £236,081 £286,699 £721,275
Plymouth £140,987.09 £158,457.48 £155,110.84 £454,555.41
Poole Information cannot be broken down - staff undertake multiple responsibilities
Portsmouth £262,651.66 £249,775.05 £231,799.27 £744,225.98
Reading CCTV is the responsibility of Thames Valley Police
Redcar and
£286,749 £263,972 £291,802 £842,523
Cleveland
162
The authority does not employ any dedicated CCTV operators.
163
Cameras monitored by Sussex Police
164
Outsourced to Remploy until May 2013.
165
CCTV operated by Thames Valley Police.
166
The authority does not employ any dedicated CCTV operators.
167
Monitoring contracted out to G4S.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
56
Rutland Information not available - provided to the council via a service contract
Shropshire No response received
Slough £323,750 £317,010 £305,170 £945,930
South
Refused under Section 40 (personal data)
Gloucestershire
Southampton Outsourced - see fixed installation costs
Southend-on-Sea £248,000 £249,000 £286,000 £783,000
Stockton-on-Tees £81,450 £81,450 £81,450 £244,350
Stoke-on-Trent £325,207 £305,687 £319,238 £950,132
Information
Swindon £102,100 £103,100 £205,200
not provided168
Telford and
£0 £0 £0 £0
Wrekin169
Thurrock £1,409,921 £1,409,921
Torbay Information not provided £187,761 £187,761
Warrington £160,000 £155,000 £162,000 £477,000
Cost of annual contract with Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead included
West Berkshire
within operation and maintenance costs
Wiltshire £235,237 £123,779 £108,561 £467,577
Windsor and
£397,000 £400,000 £413,000 £1,210,000
Maidenhead
Wokingham £0 £0 £0 £0
York £168,729 £198,334 £225,700 £592,763
Total £18,408,481.17
Welsh Unitary Authorities
Blaenau Gwent £0 £0 £0 £0
Bridgend £147,300 £147,300 £147,300 £441,900170
Caerphilly £403,080 £403,400 £401,276 £1,207,756
Cardiff £620,284 £638,699 £515,599 £1,774,582
Carmarthenshire £154,039.08 £139,472.50 £145,138.92 £583,789.42
Ceredigion Council "no longer provide CCTV"
Conwy £317,319.92 £342,929.44 £332,944.95 £993,194.31
Denbighshire £224,858 £210,598 £235,524 £670,980
Flintshire Information not provided
Gwynedd £251,343.00 £255,164 £266,405 £772,912
Isle of Anglesey No response received
Merthyr Tydfil Information not provided
168
Staff members now do other security work in addition to CCTV monitoring.
169
No “live” monitoring of systems.
170
Calculated using lowest band in the given pay scales.
www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
020 7340 6030 (office hours) 07505 448925 (24 hours)
57
Pembrokeshire £0 £0 £0 £0171
Powys Refused - cost and time
Rhondda, Cynon,
£439,934 £428,382 £364,890 £1,233,206
Taff
Swansea No response received
The Vale of
£77,380 £77,910 £79,165 £234,455
Glamorgan
Torfaen £129,372 £129,372 £129,372 £388,116
Wrexham £277,030 £268,719.07 £280,102.34 £825,851.41
Northern Irish District Council Areas
Antrim and Carried out by a contractor – costs included in operation and maintenance
Newtownabbey section
Ards and North
£0 £0 £0 £0
Down172
Armagh City,
Banbridge and £0 £0 £0 £0
Craigavon173
Belfast Does not own or operate CCTV cameras
Causeway Coast and
£0 £0 £0 £0
Glens174
Derry City and
£0 £0 £0 £0
Strabane
Fermanagh and
£19,110 £19,110 £19,110 £57,330
Omagh
Lisburn Castlereagh No response received
Mid and East Antrim Information not broken down
Mid-Ulster175 £0 £0 £0 £0
Newry, Mourne and
£0 £0 £0 £0
Down176
Scottish Council Areas
Aberdeen City CCTV is the responsibility of Police Scotland
CCTV is the responsibility of Police Scotland and several town councils that have
Aberdeenshire
purchased their own cameras.
Angus £0 £0 £0 £0177
Argyll and Bute £0 £0 £0 £0178
Clackmannanshire £0 £0 £0 £0
Dumfries and
£0 £0 £0 £0
Galloway179
171
Cameras controlled and monitored by Dyfed Powys Police.
172
Monitoring service delivered by outside contractor on behalf of the two Councils.
173
CCTV monitored by PSNI.
174
Monitored by Police.
175
Monitored by a private company.
176
21 cameras monitored by PSNI and the remaining Lisburn Commerce against Crime.
177
Staff costs and associated pensions are funded by Police Scotland.
178
System operated by Police Scotland.
179
CCTV operators are employed by the Scottish Police Authority.
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180
Staff undertake a number of functions, not solely CCTV monitoring.
181
Staff carry out a wide range of other responsibilities as well as CCTV monitoring.
182
Excludes pension liabilities - information not held.
183
Receive the following amount from Police Scotland: 2012/13 - £30,000, 2013/14 - £30,000, 2014/15 - £30,000.
184
Monitored by Police Scotland.
185
No dedicated CCTV operators and cameras mainly monitored by Police Scotland.
186
Cameras operated by Police Scotland.
187
Cameras operated by Police Scotland.
188
Response centre staff undertake a variety of roles - no specific CCTV operators.
189
Monitored by South Yorkshire Police.
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190
Public space CCTV also operated by South Yorkshire Police but they do not contribute to the running and maintenance
of the system.
191
Approximate figures.
192
There are no dedicated CCTV operators, personnel undertake a range of tasks relating to the delivery of the Facilities
Management Service.
193
Excludes costs for Huyton, where staff members undertake a variety of security functions: 2012/13 - £106,401, 2013/14
- £57,633, 2014/15 - £55,562.
194
CCTV monitored by South Yorkshire Police.
195
The authority does not pay to have its CCTV monitored. The staff that do monitor are paid from generated income from
other activities.
196
Not applicable as service is contracted out.
197
CCTV monitoring is combined with a number of other services such as concierges and alarms monitoring. The costs
cannot therefore be broken down.
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System administered by Kings Lynn & West Norfolk. Contributions for monitoring
Breckland
wages and maintenance cannot be broken down - see fixed installation costs
198
Authority does not employ CCTV operators.
199
No dedicated CCTV operators.
200 st
Service ceased to operate 1 April 2013.
201
Systems manned by volunteers.
202
Systems manned by Sussex Police.
203
Staff employed by Thames Valley Police - Local Authority pays 50% of the overall cost.
204
No dedicated CCTV operators have been employed by the Council since March 2012.
205
Systems are not dedicated manned monitored/operated systems.
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206
2015/16 projection.
207
CCTV is monitored by the police.
208
Figures represent an annual contribution to Thames Valley Police who employ the staff monitoring the cameras.
209
CCTV is monitored by the Police.
210
Cameras monitored by volunteers managed by City of Ely Council.
211
Council does not directly employ CCTV operators.
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212
Cameras monitored by Surrey Police.
213
Cameras monitored by volunteers recruited by Derbyshire Police.
214
Monitoring is undertaken by a contractor on behalf of the Fareham and Gosport CCTV Partnership.
215
Payment to St Edmundsbury Borough Council.
216
Monitored on an ad-hoc basis - usually in record only mode.
217
Cameras are monitored by Gloucestershire Police.
218
Operators are employed by Medway Council.
219
Town centre cameras are operated by Surrey Police. No specific costs inherent with car park CCTV monitoring.
220
Employed by a third party supplier via a procurement exercise.
221
CCTV monitoring is contracted out, in 2015/16 the cost was £60,721.68.
222
CCTV monitoring undertaken by Sussex Police.
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223
CCTV operated by Lancaster City Council.
224
Monitoring costs are subcontracted.
225
Authority does not employ CCTV operators.
226
CCTV monitored by Sussex Police.
227
CCTV monitored by Sussex Police.
228
No specific post of CCTV operator.
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Bedworth
Oadby and Wigston Information not provided
Oxford £96,000 £96,000 £96,000 £288,000
Pendle Included in operation and maintenance costs
Preston £0 £0 £0 £0229
Purbeck £0 £0 £0 £0
Redditch £225,058 £210,486 £254,685 £690,229230
Reigate and
£0 £0 £0 £0
Banstead231
Ribble Valley £78,530 £78,530 £80,560 £237,620
Richmondshire £0 £0 £0 £0232
Rochford Does not own or operate CCTV cameras
Rossendale233 £0 £0 £0 £0
Rother £0 £0 £0 £0234
CCTV is the responsibility of Rugby First, in partnership with local businesses and
Rugby
Warwickshire Police - see note for Rugby's contribution
229
Contracted out, the Council pays £105,000 annually; this is included in the operation and maintenance costs.
230
CCTV is shared between RBC, Bromsgrove DC and Wyre Forest DC. Bromsgrove made the following
contributions:2013/14 - £170,742, 2013/14 - £155,141, 2014/15 - £236,911. Wyre Forest DC make the following payments:
2012/13: £46,656, 2013/14: £47,643, 2014/15 - £46,285.
231
CCTV operators employed by Surrey Police.
232
In 2012/13 cameras monitored by the MOD, costs paid by the Council. For 13/14 and 14/15, cameras monitored by
MOD but most costs covered through an agreement with local businesses (18 month SLA).
233
Salary costs absorbed in Property Services and Operations officer time.
234
Cameras operated by Sussex Police.
235
Provide CCTV monitoring services for Spelthorne Borough Council, Epsom and Ewell Borough Council and Elmbridge
Borough Council. Annual contribution by these authorities is £471,842.
236
Costs shared with Hart District Council.
237
Costs shared with Hart District Council.
238
From Council Procurement webpage - http://www.selby.gov.uk/procurement
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South Holland £0 £0 £0 £0
South Kesteven £162,907 £157,081 £154,323 £474,311
South Lakeland Information not held
South Norfolk £0 £0 £0 £0
South
CCTV is the responsibility Northamptonshire County Council
Northamptonshire
South Oxfordshire £85,381.00 £72,207.72 £77,165.31 £234,754.03
South Ribble £0 £0 £0 £0
South Somerset £54,500 £54,500 £54,500 £163,500239
South Staffordshire No salaried CCTV monitors - all monitoring paid from maintenance figures
Taunton Deane Information not broken down - CCTV managed by Sedgemore district council
239
Contribute £54,500 per annum to the running of Sedgemoor District Council's control centre.
240
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council pays an additional £71,000 per annum towards the contract charge.
241
Monitoring contracted out to external provider.
242
Salary and pension costs met by contractor.
243
CCTV monitored by Surrey Police.
244
Authority does not employee CCTV monitors.
245
Cameras are not routinely monitored.
246
Cameras not monitored 24/7
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Tonbridge and Contracted out - approximately £100,000 per annum, included in operation and
Malling maintenance costs
Torridge £76,332 £80,766 £58,686 £215,784
Tunbridge Wells £131,250 £131,250 £100,000 £362,500
Uttlesford £0 £0 £0 £0
Vale of White Horse £92,546.34 £110,181.00 £105,600.44 £308,327.78
Warwick £147,678 £139,375 £139,945 £426,998
Watford £144,000 £144,000 £144,000 £432,000247
Waveney Outsourced to Waveney Norse
Waverley £0 £0 £0 £0
CCTV is the responsibility of Sussex Police - some town and parish councils may
Wealden
contribute to the cost
Operated by Northampton Borough Council - expenditure included in operation
Wellingborough
and maintenance.
Welwyn Hatfield £71,000 £71,000 £71,000 £213,000248
West Devon No response received
West Dorset £0 £0 £0 £0
West Lancashire Costs included in operation and maintenance - undertaken under a contract
247
Contract held by OCS Group Ltd.
248
Service level agreement in place with St Alban's City Council. An annual contribution is paid.
249
Monitored by Surrey Police
250
Response notes: "Worcester City Council contracts out its CCTV service to a partner authority
(Wychavon District Council). The £70k cost outlined above in response to question 2 relating to CCTV operation and
maintenance for fixed cameras, is split as follows - £50k for operation/control room and £20k for maintenance. As
Worcester City Council contributes £50k to a service level agreement where staff are supplied by a third party, it means we
are unable to break the £50K amount down further."
251
Monitoring carried out by another Council by way of contract.
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Appendix 2: Methodology
A Freedom of Information request was sent to all local authorities beginning on the 17th July 2015.
We asked for the amount that had been spent on the installation and maintenance of both fixed and
mobile public space CCTV cameras. We also asked for the salary costs of those employed to monitor
cameras as well as the total number of cameras controlled by the local authority.
We received a 96% response rate. For the purposes of this report responses were included until 17th
February 2016.
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I am writing to obtain information about your local authority’s use of CCTV cameras.
1) The amount spent by your authority on the installation of public-facing CCTV cameras and
the purchase or lease of recording equipment and premises.
Amount spent on fixed public Amount spent on mobile public facing Total council spend on
Council
facing cameras cameras cameras
2012/ 2012/1 2013/1 2014/1
2013/14 2014/15 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
13 3 4 5
£1,00
Name £400 £0 £450 £250 £100 £1,450 £750 £100
0
2) The annual cost of your authority’s public-facing CCTV operation and maintenance.
I would like this information broken down into fixed and mobile camera devices.
3) The annual wage and salary cost of CCTV operators including pension liabilities to your
authority.
4) The total number of cameras controlled by your authority as of 1st March 2015.
I request that the time period covered for questions 1-3 is 1st March 2012-1st March 2015.
If your authority’s public-facing CCTV operation is operated by either the local police or another
council, or on behalf of another authority, please make this clear and provide any details of the
annual cost of the lease or annual stipend paid to (or received from) these organisations for the
operation of the CCTV network.
I understand under the Freedom of Information Act that I am entitled to a response within twenty
working days. I would be grateful if you could confirm this request in writing as soon as possible.
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