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Somalia

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many British citizens were born in Somalia. [52089]

Mr. McNulty: As there is no requirement for British citizens born abroad to be registered with the local British consul, and there has been no diplomatic representation in Somalia since 1991, this information is not available.

Special Advisers

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether special advisers in his Department receive an IT allowance. [52665]

Mr. Charles Clarke: Special advisers in the Home Office do not receive any IT allowances.

Street Level Up Programme

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been arrested for Class A drug offences through the Street Level Up Programme. [47697]

 
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Mr. Charles Clarke: It is not possible to allocate specific arrests directly to the Street Level Up Programme rather than to other forms of police activity.

Volunteering

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received on voluntary organisations adhering to a code of practice on the status and treatment of long-term volunteers. [53798]

Paul Goggins: The Compact, which has provided a framework for the relationship between Government and the voluntary and community sector since 1997 includes a code of practice covering the duties of government and the voluntary sector towards volunteers. This code of practice was updated and republished in autumn 2005, following a 12-week period of consultation.
 
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Wire Tapping

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether (a) he, (b) any UK Minister and (c) any official of the UK Government has authorised any warrantless wiretapping since 1997. [54462]

Hazel Blears: Sections three and four of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 set out the limited circumstances where interception of communications is lawful without a warrant. Such interception does not require authorisation by or reporting to Ministers. While in some circumstances officials can authorise such interception, there is no central record of such authorisations.

All other interception of communications within the UK requires a warrant authorised by a Secretary of State.

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