- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 10 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to review the operation of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000.
Answer
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act is kept under constant review.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 10 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the recent finding of Big Brother Watch that local authorities are using covert surveillance powers to investigate people for minor offences.
Answer
The Office of Surveillance Commissioners (OSC) is responsible for providing independent oversight of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 (RIPSA). Through its routine inspections, the OSC is responsible for ensuring that authorising officers in local authorities are meeting the necessity and proportionality criteria in the act.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 10 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the recent finding of Big Brother Watch that local authorities are using covert surveillance powers to investigate people for minor offences.
Answer
The Office of Surveillance Commissioners provides independent oversight of the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000. The commissioner reports annually to the Scottish and UK Parliaments on the operation of the legislation.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 10 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the recent findings of Big Brother Watch that local authorities are using covert surveillance powers to investigate people for minor offences, whether it plans to review the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 by local authorities.
Answer
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act is kept under constant review.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether ministers are aware of allegations that civil servants urged chief constables not to reduce police numbers prior to the outcome of a UK Government spending review in autumn 2010 and, if so, when they became aware.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33743 on 1 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what planning is underway to ensure that public safety is not adversely affected by any required budget reductions among police forces.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33768 on 1 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether civil servants told, or indicated to, chief constables that the final tranche of a £40 million Scottish Government funding package would be withheld if forces allowed police numbers to fall and, if so, when ministers first became aware of this.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33743 on 1 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether ministers are aware of allegations that civil servants told, or indicated to, chief constables that the final tranche of a £40 million Scottish Government funding package would be withheld if forces allowed police numbers to fall and, if so, when they became aware.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33743 on 1 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to investigate claims that civil servants urged chief constables not to reduce police numbers prior to the outcome of a UK Government spending review in autumn 2010.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33743 on 1 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx
- Asked by: Robert Brown, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what projections it has for the future size of police forces across Scotland in the case that the final tranche of the £40 million funding package is (a) given to forces and (b) withheld.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33766 on 1 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
