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Duchy of Lancaster
Charity Commission: Surveillance
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what use the Charity Commission has made of directed surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. [269901]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. I have asked the Commission to reply.
Letter from Andrew Hind, dated April 2009:
As the Chief Executive of the Charity Commission, I have been asked to respond to your written Parliamentary Question on the Commission’s use of its powers in connection with Directed Surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA).
It may be helpful to set out the position in relation to this legislation. The Charity Commission has limited powers under RIPA. Under an Order made in 2003, we have powers in connection with Communications Data (CD). We also have powers in connection with Directed Surveillance (DS) and the use of Covert Human Intelligence Source (CHIS). We can use these powers for the purposes of preventing or detecting crime or disorder.
In answer to your question, we have not made use of our powers in connection with DS nor have we used CHIS.
However, we have used our powers in connection with CD under section 21 (4) (c) of RIPA eight times since 2004. In all cases the information obtained was used to progress our investigations.
We only use these powers when absolutely necessary and in the most serious of cases. Their use is always authorised at a senior level within the Commission.
You may have seen an article in The Times of 17 April alleging that the Surveillance Commissioner had criticised the Charity Commission ‘over misuse of RIPA’. I wrote to the Editor pointing out that this was incorrect. I am pleased to say that the newspaper published a correction on 21 April as follows:
“In a commentary on the reform of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (News, April 17), it was suggested incorrectly that Ofcom and the Charity Commission were criticised by the Surveillance Commissioner for the misuse of Ripa powers. We are happy to make clear that no such criticism has been made of either organisation.”
I hope this is helpful. A senior member of the Commission’s Compliance team would be very happy to discuss this aspect of our work with you if that would be useful.
Civil Servants: Pay
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer to Lord Ouseley of 4 March 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA157, on Civil Service: salaries, which public bodies pay a salary of more than (a) £100,000 and (b) £200,000 to one or more individual civil servants. [270211]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated April 2009:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question, pursuant to the answer to Lord Ouseley of 4 March 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA157, on Civil Service: salaries, which public bodies pay a salary more than (a) £100,000 and (b) £200,000 to one or more individual civil servants. (270211).
The Office for National Statistics collects the annual salaries of civil servants from public bodies employing civil servants, as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES).
The requested data are attached at Annex A.
Civil Service departments and agencies paying one or more individual civil servants more than £100,000
Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service
Animal Health
Army Base Repair Organisation
Attorney-General’s Office
Border and Immigration Agency
Cabinet Office
Central Office of Information
Central Science Laboratory
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Charity Commission
Child Support Agency
Criminal Records Bureau
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Crown Prosecution Service
Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate
Debt Management Office
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Department for Communities and Local Government
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Department for International Development
Department for Transport
Department for Work and Pensions
Department of Health
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Driving Standards Agency
Export Credit Guarantee Department
Fire Service College
Food Standards Agency
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Government Actuary’s Department
Health and Safety Executive
Highways Agency
HM Courts Service
HM Land Registry
HM Revenue and Customs
HM Treasury
Home Office
Identity and Passport Service
Jobcentre Plus
Meat Hygiene Service
Medical and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Meteorological Office
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Justice
National Archives
National Healthcare Purchasing and Supplies Agency
National Savings and Investments
National School for Government
Northern Ireland Office
Office for National Statistics
Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism
Office for Standards in Education
Office of Fair Trading
Office of Gas and Electricity Market
Office of Government Commerce
Office of Rail Regulation
Office of Water Services
OGC Buying.solutions
Ordnance Survey
Parliamentary Counsel Office
Pension Service
Planning Inspectorate
Postal Services Commission
Public Guardianship Office
Public Sector Prison Service
Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office
Royal Mint
Rural Payments Agency
Scotland Office
Scottish Government
Security and Intelligence Services
Serious Fraud Office
Transport Scotland
Treasury Solicitor
Tribunals Service
UK Intellectual Property Office
Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
Welsh Assembly Government
Civil Service departments and agencies paying one or more individual civil servants more than £200,000
Border and Immigration Agency
Cabinet Office
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Work and Pensions
Department of Health
Export Credit Guarantee Department
Ministry of Defence
Office of Gas and Electricity Market
Parliamentary Counsel Office
Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer to Lord Ouseley of 4 March 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA157, on Civil Service: salaries, how many individuals in (a) executive agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies are paid more than (i) £100,000 and (ii) £200,000 per annum. [270212]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
As National Statistician 1 have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question, pursuant to the Answer to Lord Ouseley of 4 March 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA157, on Civil Service: salaries, how many individuals in (a) executive agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies are paid more than (i) £100,000 and (ii) £200,000 per annum. (270212).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) collects the annual salaries of civil servants as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES).
The requested data are attached at Annex A.
| Number of individual civil servants paid more than (a) £100,000 and (b) £200,000 by non-departmental public bodies (NDPB) and executive agencies, Permanent employees, 31 March 2008 | ||
| Headcount | ||
| Greater than £100,000 | Greater than £200,000 | |
| (1)( )Less than five. Note: Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: (Unpublished) Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. | ||
Death: Bacterial Diseases
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many times (a) acinetobacter, (b) pseudomonas and (c) burkholderia has been mentioned on death certificates in England in each year since 1997. [271188]
Ann Keen: I have been asked to reply.
Government Departments: Communication
Jenny Willott: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much (a) each Government department and (b) central Government has spent on communications in each (i) year since 2004 and (ii) month since January 2008; and if he will make a statement. [269761]
Mr. Byrne: This information is not collected centrally. Each Government Department, agency and NDPB is responsible for setting its own communications priorities and outputs, and each Secretary of State is responsible to Parliament.
Jenny Willott: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what (a) each Government department and (b) central Government planned communications expenditure is over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [269762]
Mr. Byrne: This information is not collected centrally. Each Government Department is responsible for setting its own communications priorities and outputs, and the Secretary of State is responsible to Parliament.
Jenny Willott: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many civil servants were employed by (a) each Government department and (b) central Government on government communications in each (i) year since 2004 and (ii) month since January 2008; and if he will make a statement. [269765]
Mr. Byrne: The number of communications staff employed by each Government Department is not collected centrally, as we explained in our evidence to the House of Lords Communications Committee.
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