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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the merits of the use of drones for forensic imaging as a substitute for crewed police air surveillance capacity.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the merits of the use of drones for forensic imaging as a substitute for crewed police air surveillance capacity.
This is an operational decision for the police. Decisions on provision of police crewed surveillance in England and Wales are made by the National Police Air Service (NPAS). Drone use is not currently part of their operating model. I understand there are discussions ongoing in policing about the future use of drones.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency plans are in place for a situation in which no deal is reached with the EU on (a) extradition, (b) surveillance and (c) data exchange.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency plans are in place for a situation in which no deal is reached with the EU on (a) extradition, (b) surveillance and (c) data exchange.
We are committed to ongoing cooperation with the EU on security and law enforcement. Our relationship with the EU will change as a result of leaving the EU but the details of our participation in practical cooperation measures that currently facilitate cooperation will be subject to negotiations.
It is too early to speculate at this stage what future arrangements may look like but we will do what is necessary to keep people safe.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many cases where his Department believes that a local authority has broken the law relating to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 have been referred to the police in the last five years;
[149894]
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many cases where his Department believes that a local authority has broken the law relating to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 have been referred to the police in the last five years;
[149894]
[holding answer 25 March 2013]: Since their introduction under the last Administration, there has been significant public concern about the abuse and over-use of surveillance powers by local authorities under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
Reflecting commitments made in the coalition agreement, further to the passage of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, local authorities are now required to obtain judicial approval before using covert surveillance in connection with their public enforcement responsibilities. In addition, local authority use of directed surveillance is now limited to the investigation of criminal offences which attract a maximum six month or more custodial sentence, or of a criminal offence relating to the underage sale of alcohol and tobacco.
Guidance to local authorities on the new regime is published by the Home Office and is available at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/counter-terrorism/ripa-forms/local-authority-ripa-guidance/
My Department does not collate statistics on the local authority use of covert surveillance. However, broad trends are given each year in the Chief Surveillance Commissioner's independent report which is laid in Parliament and which is available in the Library of the House.
Notwithstanding, as the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, my right hon. Friend the Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr Pickles), recently commented in response to the recent research by Big Brother Watch, it is totally unacceptable if councils are trying to sidestep these important new checks and they should be held to account for acting outside the law.
(2) how many prosecutions there have been of local authorities who have used private investigators without authorisation from a magistrate in breach of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 in the last five years.
[149895]
Steve McCabe:
(2) how many prosecutions there have been of local authorities who have used private investigators without authorisation from a magistrate in breach of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 in the last five years.
[149895]
Steve McCabe:
[holding answer 25 March 2013]: Since their introduction under the last Administration, there has been significant public concern about the abuse and over-use of surveillance powers by local authorities under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
Reflecting commitments made in the coalition agreement, further to the passage of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, local authorities are now required to obtain judicial approval before using covert surveillance in connection with their public enforcement responsibilities. In addition, local authority use of directed surveillance is now limited to the investigation of criminal offences which attract a maximum six month or more custodial sentence, or of a criminal offence relating to the underage sale of alcohol and tobacco.
Guidance to local authorities on the new regime is published by the Home Office and is available at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/counter-terrorism/ripa-forms/local-authority-ripa-guidance/
My Department does not collate statistics on the local authority use of covert surveillance. However, broad trends are given each year in the Chief Surveillance Commissioner's independent report which is laid in Parliament and which is available in the Library of the House.
Notwithstanding, as the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, my right hon. Friend the Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr Pickles), recently commented in response to the recent research by Big Brother Watch, it is totally unacceptable if councils are trying to sidestep these important new checks and they should be held to account for acting outside the law.