§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the inquiries into leaks of confidential information from NCIS which took place in each of the last three years, indicating for each by whom the inquiry was conducted and the outcome. [19066]
§ Mr. MacleanThere have been two inquiries into leaks of confidential information from the NCIS in the last three years.
The first inquiry was in September 1995 and followed the publication in the media of confidential information from a strategic assessment of the impact of Russian organised crime in the United Kingdom. The inquiry was conducted by the Metropolitan police at the request of the Director General of NCIS. The information in question had been circulated to other relevant law enforcement agencies in the normal way and it was not possible to identify who was responsible for the leak.
Table A: Number of females aged under 18 convicted for offences under the Street Offences Act 1959 section 11 by age, 1985 to 1995 England and Wales Year 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Total under 18 18+ All ages 1985 — — — — — 5 31 223 259 8,900 9,159 1986 1 — — — 2 2 24 268 297 8,794 9,091 1987 — — — — — 1 24 313 338 7,833 8,171 1988 — — — 1 — 7 22 420 450 8,379 8,829 1989 — — — — — 5 24 361 390 9,742 10,132 1990 — — — — 1 2 22 346 371 9,649 10,020 1991 — — 3 — — 5 35 278 321 9,238 9,559 1992 — — 1 — — 7 25 215 248 8,530 8,778 1993 — — — — — 7 25 73 105 7,243 7,348 1994 — — — 1 3 13 35 89 141 6,433 6,574 1995 — — — — — 4 25 72 101 5,411 5,512 1Common prostitute loitering or soliciting for the purpose of prostitution.
Table B: Number of persons aged under 18 convicted for offences under the Towns Improvement1 Act 1854 section 72 and the Belfast borough bylaws, 1987 to 1996 Northern Ireland Year Total under 18 18+ All ages 1987 — 50 50 1988 — 53 53 1989 — 52 52 1990 3 57 60 1991 — 43 43 1992 — 39 39 1993 — 16 16 1994 — 6 6 1995 — 2 2 1996 — — — 1Prostitutes—soliciting.
§ Mr. SheermanTo the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to ensure that criminal
130WThe second inquiry commenced, at the request of the Director General of NCIS, in December 1995 and was conducted by John Stevens, at that time the Chief Constable of Northumbria. The inquiry was prompted by a case in which telephone intercept material was supplied unlawfully to defence counsel. It also examined the administrative process for handling intercept material and future safeguards. The inquiry found no evidence of corrupt practice at NCIS and all the intercept material has been accounted for. The Director General has welcomed the inquiry's review of procedures for handling intercept material and all of its recommendations are being taken forward.