Written question asked by Lord Bellingham (Conservative) on Wednesday, 25 April 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 27 April 2007. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 May 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.

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Prisons: Surveillance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average number of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (a) requests and (b) authorisations was in each prison establishment in England and Wales per week for targeted surveillance of (i) social visits and (ii) other activity in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

For operational security reasons, it would be inappropriate to provide the information requested.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

459 c1684W; 134756

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Prisons Surveillance

Link

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