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Surveillance Camera Commissioner: FOI release
Information requested
Copies of all correspondence, meeting minutes, notes and presentations involving the Surveillance Camera Commissioner, Tony Porter, or officials linked to his office.
Response
I enclose copies of the information you requested, there were 17 documents that fell within the scope of your request. The Surveillance Camera Commissioner is appointed by the Home Secretary as set out in the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (PoFA). It is the Commissioner's role to ensure surveillance camera systems in public places keep people safe and protect and support them. The Commissioner's remit applies to England and Wales, as does the Government's Surveillance Camera Code of Practice (SC Code).