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Nurseries: CCTV

Asked by Fred ThomasLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 23 September 2025UIN 71850

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to mandate the use of CCTV in nurseries.

Answered by Olivia Bailey

The department continually monitors and reviews safeguarding requirements for early years settings to make sure children are kept as safe as possible.

The decision to install and use camera surveillance equipment in a nursery is a matter for individual providers to determine based on their own risk assessment and policies.

The department is currently reviewing with Ofsted how CCTV is used in early years settings and how we can support settings to use it effectively as part of their safeguarding provision.

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