§ Brian WhiteTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what statutory investigatory powers his Department has; which ones will he superseded by use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; and what plans he has for removing these legacy powers. [136118]
§ Yvette CooperA full list of existing statutory investigatory powers for which the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has responsibility is not held centrally 679W and could be provided only at disproportionate costs. But in any event, no such powers are superseded by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000: generally speaking, existing powers make provision relating to compelling production of information (subject to various safeguards) in different contexts and in a wide variety of statutory regimes. Such existing statutory powers could not be used to compel disclosure of communications data in the sense for which the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 provides. Accordingly there are no plans to repeal any such powers in consequence of that Act.
£million 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2003–031 2003–041 Total Grant2 92.6 99.9 108.6 116.8 122.9 140.9 Increase on previous year — 7.4 8.6 8.2 6.1 18.1 Percentage increase on previous year — 8.0 8.6 7.6 5.2 14.7 Percentage cumulative increase on previous year — 8.0 17.3 26.2 32.7 52.2 1 Budgeted figures 2 Includes Revenue Support Grant, Redistributed Non-Domestic Rates and Special and Specific Grants inside AEF. Note:
Increases between years may not be on a comparable like for like basis due to changes in responsibilities.
Source:
1998–99 to 2001–02 Revenue Summary Returns and 2002–03 to 2003–04 Budget Estimate Returns.