Dominic Raab
Conservative, Esher and Walton
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people received a criminal conviction for offences under section 53 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009; and how many such convictions there have been in 2010 to date.
Crispin Blunt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) (Prisons and Probation)
In England and Wales in 2008 (the latest year for which data are available) there were no convictions for offences under section 53 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
Court proceedings data for 2009 are planned for publication on
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