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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about the development of the National Technical Assistance Centre. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about the development of the National Technical Assistance Centre. - Includes figures.
Asked by
Lord Watts
(Labour)
Answered by
Jack Straw
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 March 2001
For answer on
30 March 2001
Answered on
30 March 2001
Mr. Watts: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about the development of the National
Technical Assistance Centre. [156765]
Mr. Straw: I announced my intention to establish a Government Technical Assistance Centre, using £25 million of Capital
Modernisation Funding, in a written reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Coventry, South (Mr. Cunningham) on 27 March 2000,
Official Report, column 1W.
The facility will now be known as the National Technical Assistance Centre (NTAC). This is to reflect clearly that it will provide
technical assistance to law enforcement agencies nationwide. NTAC will be a 24 hour centre operated by the Home Office on behalf of
all the law enforcement, security and intelligence agencies, to process lawfully intercepted communications and lawfully acquired
material and make it intelligible to intelligence analysts. It will also support criminal investigations through the provision of
evidential material derived from electronically protected data.
Although, for reasons of physical security, NTAC will be located within the headquarters of the Security Service, the Home Office
will retain responsibility for the day-to- day management of NTAC beyond when it acquires an initial operating capability. Once the
operation of NTAC is firmly established, that decision will be reviewed.
NTAC will handle material obtained under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and be subject to review by the
Interception of Communications Commissioner and the Intelligence Services Commissioner. It will also be subject to the safeguards
contained in that Act.
NTAC may also process material lawfully acquired under the Security Service Act 1989, the Intelligence Services Act 1994 and the
Police Act 1997 for which it will be subject to review by the Intelligence Services Commissioner and the Surveillance Commissioners.
It will also be subject to the scrutiny of the courts in respect of its handling of lawfully seized material and material lawfully
acquired through the exercise of other statutory powers.
The first head of NTAC will be Assistant Chief Constable, Ian Humphreys, who has joined the Home Office on secondment from Kent
County Constabulary where he was Head of Criminal Investigation.
Subjects
Software; Finance; Electronic surveillance; Law and order; Internet; National Technical Assistance Centre
Date
30 March 2001
Reference
156765; 365 c847-8W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress his Department has made in implementing the policy objective of the increased use of electronic signatures in communications (a) between officials, (b) from officials to persons and organisations outside and (c) from persons and organisations...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress his Department has made in implementing the policy objective of the increased use of electronic signatures in communications (a) between officials, (b) from officials to persons and organisations outside and (c) from persons and organisations...
Asked by
Lord Campbell-Savours
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Hughes of Stretford
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
1 March 2001
For answer on
7 March 2001
Answered on
7 March 2001
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what progress his Department has
made in implementing the policy objective of the increased use of electronic signatures in communications (a) between officials, (b)
from officials to persons and organisations outside and (c) from persons and organisations outside to officials in his Department.
[152423]
Ms Beverley Hughes: DETR(C) is aware that Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and its associated use of encryption and digital
signatures will be used to provide strong authentication, non-repudiation and confidentiality for transactions which are designated
to be above Level 1 in the "Guidelines for Trust and Authentication" of the "Confidentiality Services Framework" as defined by
Cabinet Office.
Our plans include:
(a) for internal use-DETR(C) is currently carrying out a routine maintenance upgrade of its networking infrastructure; the new
revision of the software will support the use of electronic signatures. Further work is under way to identify appropriate electronic
signature products to work with the revised infrastructure, and the most effective way to deploy them.
(b) from officials to persons and organisations outside and (c) from persons and organisations outside to officials in his
Department--DETR(C) will ensure that our systems serve both the authentication needs for internal departmental communications, and
for those with external persons and organisations. For that reason, we are in discussion with OGC, the E-envoy's office, CESG and
the Gateway team so that the eventual solution will be compatible with facilities to be provided through the Government Gateway, the
Government Secure Intranet and meet all interoperability requirements.
Subjects
Data protection; Codes of practice; Software; Computer networks; Data transmission; ICT; Government departments; Internet; Telecommunications; Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions; Cryptography; Electronic signatures
Date
7 March 2001
Reference
152423; 364 c257-9W
House
House of Commons