§ Mr. BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints have been made about the Security Service through the Security Service tribunal relating to telephone taps, letter intercepts and close surveillance in each of the last five years; and how many of the complaints made in each of those years has been upheld. [57913]
§ Mr. StrawThe available information regarding complaints about the Security Service made to the Security Service Tribunal is published in the Annual Reports of the Security Service Commissioner. The numbers are as follows:
Year Number of complaints received 1993 36 1994 42 1995 21 1996 34 1997 45 The table details the number of complaints relating to property received by the Security Service Tribunal and referred to the Commissioner in accordance with paragraph 4(1) of Schedule i to the Security Service Act 1989:
Year Number of complaints received 1993 11 1994 19 1995 12 1996 10 1997 14 The available information regarding complaints to the Interception of Communications Tribunal is published in the Annual Reports of the Interception Commissioner. The numbers are as follows:
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Year Number of complaints received 1993 41 1994 37 1995 64
Year Number of complaints received 1996 52 1997 79 No determination in favour of a complainant has been made by either Tribunal.