§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) in respect of the number of telephonic interceptions published in Cmnd. 7873, what was the average length of time of a warrant, and whether the number of warrants refers to the number of individuals or if one warrant can be made in respect of groups of individuals, a family or a company;
(2) whether he will publish in the Official Report the cumulative number of his Department's warrants for interception of (a) telephone calls and (b) letters effective in (i) England and (ii) Scotland on 1 January in each of the last 10 years;
(3) if he will publish in the Official Report the breakdown of the figure of 411 telephone interceptions in 1979, Cmnd. 7873, into those instigated (a) by the police, (b) by the security service and (c) by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.
§ Mr. WhitelawI have nothing to add to the contents of the White Paper (Cmnd.576W 7873) and to what I said in the House on 1 April.