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Written question asked by Grant Shapps (Conservative) on Tuesday, 11 November 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 November 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 November 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.


Telecommunications: Databases

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 5 November 2008, Official Report, column 616W, on telecommunications: database, whether one of the proposed options to be included in the consultation paper will be giving local authorities access to the database of communications.
Answer

The forthcoming consultation will set out a range of options to ensure that communications data is available in the future. Local authorities can currently access subscriber and service use data and there are no plans to change the type of data that they can access.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
483 c1262W; 235864
Session
2007-08
Related items
Telecommunications: Databases
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Databases Electronic surveillance
Link
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