This reply is from 2009. The number of authorised applications for Directed Surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 is bound to be more now. And whose communications data did the dodgy LibDems access? Mine?
Email received – 02 December 2009 09:53
Dear Mrs Oliver,
I am writing in response to your request for information below (ref 2377).
The Council has authorised 138 applications for Directed Surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) since the Act came into force in 2000. No use of CHIS has been authorised since RIPA came into force. We have records showing that the powers enabling us to access communications data have been used three times since 2000.
Yours sincerely,
Claire Naven
Claire Naven
Data Protection & Freedom of Information Officer
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
