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Written question asked by David Davis (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 May 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 June 2013. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Tuesday, 4 June 2013 on behalf of the Home Office.


Surveillance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many requests for communications data under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 there have been for (a) subscriber data, (b) service use data, (c) traffic data and (d) any combination of those data types in each year since 2000;

[157154]

Answer

[holding answer 3 June 2013]: Detailed information about the number of requests made for communications data under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 is contained in the Annual Reports of the Interception of Communications Commissioner. Copies of the reports have been placed in the Library of the House and the most recent report covering 2011 is available at:

http://www.intelligencecommissioners.com/docs/0496.pdf

Detailed statistics on the types of investigations for which communications data were requested is not available.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
157154; 563 c1081W
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Surveillance
Legislation
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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