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<p> </p><p>As indicated in the debate on 12th February 2014, Official Report, column
858, both the <br>Independent Police Complaints Commission and the Investigatory Powers
Tribunal <br>provide an avenue for investigating concerns in this area. <br><br>As
a matter of long-standing practice, we do not routinely comment on the <br>detailed
use of interception and surveillance, or provide a breakdown of the <br>number of
warrants signed in relation to specific circumstances or <br>nationalities.<br><br>Figures
for the overall number of interception warrants authorised by the Home <br>Secretary
during the period 1989-1992 were published in the Annual Report to <br>the Prime Minister
by the Interception Commissioner under the legislation then <br>in force (the Interception
of Communications Act 1985). The published figures <br>are as follows:</p><p>Figures
for the overall number of interception warrants authorised by the Home Secretary under
the Interception of Communications Act 1985 during the period 1989-1992 are shown
in the tables below. They provide separate figures for warrants covering telecommunications
(which exclude letters), warrants covering letters (letters were relatively more important
as a mode of communication than they would be today), and a total for both categories
of these warrants.</p><p> </p><p>Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1988 and b)
issued during the course of 1988:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>
</td><td colspan="2"><p>Telecommunications</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Letters</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrants</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>460</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1989 and
b) issued during the course of 1989:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>
</td><td colspan="2"><p>Telecommunications</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Letters</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrants</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>485</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1990 and
b) issued during the course of 1990:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>
</td><td colspan="2"><p>Telecommunications</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Letters</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrants</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>473</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>515</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1991 and
b) issued during the course of 1991:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>
</td><td colspan="2"><p>Telecommunications</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Letters</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrants</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>732</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1992 and
b) issued during the course of 1992:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>
</td><td colspan="2"><p>Telecommunications</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Letters</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrants</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>756</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>847</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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