As said in the counter-Daesh statement to the House on 4 March 2021, as part of the Global Coalition's collective stabilisation efforts in the region, the UK has provided technical advice and funding for the improvement of detention facilities for Daesh fighters in north-east Syria.<\/p>
It would not be appropriate to comment further for reasons of operational security.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4210", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-07-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-07-25T14:07:37.907Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "208"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-07-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Syria: Prisons"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have provided funds amounting to £20 million for a prison in north-east Syria to contain, amongst others, 25 British families.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2018", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Hylton"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Hylton"} ], "uin" : "HL9254"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1244118", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1244118/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 allows the Government to place obligations on telecommunications operators or postal operators through a Technical Capability Notice.<\/p>
The Act governs these notices and provides extensive privacy safeguards and a robust oversight regime, including approval of notices by an independent Judicial Commissioner.<\/p>
The respective Codes of Practice for the Interception of Communications, Communications Data and Equipment Interference set out that the Secretary of State may give a relevant telecommunications operator or postal operator a Technical Capability Notice, the purpose of which is to maintain a technical capability to ensure when a warrant is served or authorisation or notice is given, companies can give effect to it securely and quickly.<\/p>
For reasons of national security, it would not be appropriate to disclose the number of Technical Capability Notices, or the specific circumstances in which they may be issued.<\/p>
The UK Government has set out, in detail, how these particular powers can be used, including through the Written testimony of the Director of National Security to the US Senate Judiciary Committee on 10 December 2019. This Testimony can be read in full here:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-letter-to-mark-zuckerberg/written-testimony-of-chloe-squires-director-national-security-home-office<\/p>
The Testimony details the potentially catastrophic impact on public safety where companies deploy end-to-end encryption in such a way that precludes access to the content of their users\u2019 communications under any circumstances. It makes clear that we believe that the only way to make progress on this shared challenge is to engender ongoing, detailed dialogue with tech companies that focuses on reasonable proposals. We believe such engagement is likely to identify opportunities that, without compromising the wider safety and security of systems for lawful users, can provide ways to gain specific, targeted and lawful access to information about what terrorists, child sex abusers and the perpetrators of other serious crimes are doing online.<\/p>
The international statement on end-to-end encryption and public safety, published on 11 October, affirms this position. It calls on tech companies to work with governments to find solutions to ensure the safety of our citizens without eroding user privacy or cyber security.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4311", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Williams of Trafford"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-10-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "HL9252"} , {"_value" : "HL9253"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-10-28T16:51:10.143Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-10-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Cryptography"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government whether a technical capability notice would be unsuitable in the cases cited in the international statement End-to-end encryption and public safety, signed by the Home Secretary on 11 October.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4333", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Scriven"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Scriven"} ], "uin" : "HL9254"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 2, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }