Results 1-20 of 556 for in the 'Written Answers' speaker:the Earl of Northesk

Written Answers — House of Lords: Houses of Parliament: Warrants (26 Jan 2009)

The Earl of Northesk: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any warrant was executed on or behalf of the Secretary of State for the Home Department under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 in October, November or December 2008 authorising the interception of communications within the Palace of Westminster in relation to investigations into leaks transmitted to a member of either House of Parliament;...

Written Answers — House of Lords: National Security (26 Jan 2009)

The Earl of Northesk: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Cabinet Office or the Home Office supplied the Metropolitan Police with a list of the instances of considerable damage that had been caused to national security referred to in the letter from Mr C Wright.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Security and Intelligence Agencies (5 Nov 2008)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: What proportion of the central bid made to HM Treasury as part of the Government's 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review on behalf of the security and intelligence agencies is allocated to development of and ongoing expenditure on the Scope 1 and 2 projects.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Security and Intelligence Agencies (5 Nov 2008)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether development of the Scope 2 project for the security and intelligence agencies has been suspended; if so, why; and how much the project has cost to date.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Security and Intelligence Agencies (5 Nov 2008)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether adequate and appropriate procedures are in place to prevent data loss of national security and intelligence information from within the Scope project; and Whether security of Phases 1 and 2 of the Scope project, in terms of national security and intelligence data, is sufficiently robust.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act: Voluntary Retention of Data (22 Jul 2008)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: How many grants they have given to telephone companies and internet service providers to assist them in the voluntary retention of data under Section 106 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001; and what has been the total annual value of such grants in each year since 2001.

Written Answers — House of Lords: EU: Data Retention Directive (22 Jul 2008)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: In light of the transposition of the data retention directive (2006/24/EC), as applied to telephone networks, into United Kingdom law by secondary legislation (SI 2007/2199), what plans they have to make similar provision in respect of the directive's application to the internet; and, if there are no plans for such implementation, how they intend to give legal...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Home Office: Interception Modernisation Programme (8 Jul 2008)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the aims of the Home Office's interception modernisation programme.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Home Office: Interception Modernisation Programme (8 Jul 2008)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the current Comprehensive Spending Review allocation contains any financing for the Home Office's interception modernisation programme; and, if so, how much.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Home Office: Interception Modernisation Programme (8 Jul 2008)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the Home Office's current budgetary estimates for demonstrating the feasibility of the interception modernisation programme.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Home Office: Interception Modernisation Programme (8 Jul 2008)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the Home Office's current budgetary estimates for the interception modernisation programme.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Crime: Computer Misuse and Data Protection (22 May 2008)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: Which law enforcement agency, department or other statutory body has responsibility for investigating and prosecuting possible criminal breaches of (a) the Data Protection Act 1998, (b) the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, and (c) the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Advertising: Internet (20 May 2008)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether any official or Minister in the Home Office has offered written or oral advice to any executive of the company Phorm as to the legality of their targeted advertising software product; if so, what was the advice; in what circumstances was it given; and what was the justification for giving it.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Advertising: Internet (21 Apr 2008)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are taking any action on the targeted advertising service offered by Phorm in the light of the questions about its legality under the Data Protection and Regulation of Investigatory Powers Acts.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Government: Data Transfer Protocols (21 Jan 2008)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the security arrangements and protocols for the transfer of sensitive or confidential data from government departments and agencies to Eurostat and other European Union organisations are adequate; and On how may occasions in the past five years sensitive or confidential data have been transferred from government departments or agencies to Eurostat or...

Written Answers — House of Lords: e-Borders (7 Jan 2008)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 3 December (WA 158), whether there is a material difference of substance between the expressions travel document information (TDI), other passenger information (OPI) and passenger name records (PNR); and, if so, what categories of information are encompassed by or included in TDI and OPI respectively.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Identity Management (5 Dec 2007)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: When they anticipate that the report from the Public-Private Forum on Identity Management, chaired by Sir James Crosby, will be published.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Elections: E-voting (26 Jun 2007)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have, in light of the recent report from the Open Rights Group on the May 2007 elections in England and Scotland, for continued e-voting in United Kingdom elections.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Public Sector: IT Projects (5 Jun 2007)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, as recently stated by the Chief Information Officer at the Department for Work and Pensions, £14 billion a year is being spent on public sector information technology projects.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Public Sector: IT Projects (4 Jun 2007)

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, as recently stated by the chief information officer at the Department for Work and Pensions, 30 per cent of public sector technology-based projects and programmes are a success.