An incomplete PQ answer

[Richard Clayton]

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22 July 2008 : Column WA230

Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act: Voluntary Retention of Data
The Earl of Northesk asked Her Majesty's Government:

   How many grants they have given to telephone companies and internet
   service providers to assist them in the voluntary retention of data
   under Section 106 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001;
   and what has been the total annual value of such grants in each year
   since 2001. [HL4469]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of
Spithead):

   Payments under Section 106 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security
   Act 2001 (ATCSA) commenced after the code of practice for the
   retention of communications data was approved by Parliament in 2003,
   the first payments being in financial year 2004. In October 2007, the
   Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2007 came into force and
   many former ATCSA grants payments are now made under those
   regulations.

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If you think this doesn't especially fully answer the question then
you'd be right!!  Lord West (actually of course someone less senior)
dropped part of the answer between the his front door and the House.
Expect more soon :)

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richard                                              Richard Clayton

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.         Benjamin Franklin

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