Question
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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many warrants have been issued for telephone intercepts in each of the last five years; and whether the number is forecast to increase over the next five years. [HL847]
The figures for the number of interception warrants issued for each of the last five years are shown in the attached table. These are taken from the Interception of Communications Commissioner’s annual reports and do not distinguish between telephone intercepts and other communications. On the basis of these figures we do not anticipate any significant changes to the number of warrants issued over the next five years.
Period Issued by Home Secretary Issued by Scottish Executive 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008 1508 204 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007 1881 145 11 April 2006 to December 2006 1333 102 1 January 2005 to 31 March 2006 2243 164 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004 1849 124