Comms data requests by C&E & the Inland Revenue

[Richard Clayton]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

I expect Simon hasn't mentioned this because it's another Department

http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/c
m021017/text/21017w09.htm#21017w09.html_wqn4

17 Oct 2002 : Column 917W

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

Harry Cohen: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in relation to
communications data as defined in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers
Act 2000, how many officials from (a) the Inland Revenue and (b) Customs
and Excise he estimates will be authorised to seek access to
communications data; and how many times officials have sought access to
such data from communications providers such as Internet service
providers under the Data Protection Act 1998 in the last year; and if he
will make a statement. [74477] 

Dawn Primarolo: In relation to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers
Act 2000, Customs and Excise estimate that the number of authorised
officials will be about 200. The Inland Revenue are not yet in a
position to estimate a figure, but in any event authorised officials in
the Inland Revenue will be restricted to the grades equivalent to Senior
Executive Officer and Higher Executive Officer. In the last year,
Customs and Excise officials have sought access to such data
approximately 35,500 times and Inland Revenue officials approximately
11,700 times. 

- -- 
richard                                              Richard Clayton

Are you a Friend of FIPR yet?       http://www.fipr.org/friends.html

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: PGPsdk version 1.7.1

iQA/AwUBPbiF7hfnRQV/feRLEQLm3QCfUvVjy8q8y4lZV1vSzsQ1tlMF03EAoOkF
GRHsrrRAbaWWRxgmqjHnCaVg
=tb3X
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----