2013 Annual Report of the Interception of Communications Commissioner
Annex B: Total Notices & Authorisations
for each Public Authority under RIPA 2000 Part I Chapter II
This Annex details the Total RIPA 2000 s.23(3) Authorisations granted or s.22(4) Notices given during 2013 by
individual Public Authorities, excluding those given orally in urgent circumstances. It is organised according to
public authority type*.
A Total of 514,608 Notices and Authorisations (excluding urgent oral) were granted /given under RIPA
2000 Part I Chapter II by 214 public authorities in 2013.
*Caveat: The main report (paragraphs 4.18 and 4.19) has highlighted the fact that the statistics we are currently
able to collect under Paragraph 6.5 of the Communications Data Code of Practice are flawed and potentially
misleading. This annex details the number of Authorisations granted and Notices given for communications data
by individual public authorities. Authorisations and Notices are the method by which public authorities make
requests for communications data. There are essentially 2 difficulties with the Authorisation and Notice Statistics:
• Some public authorities may request multiple items of data on one authorisation or notice
• There are a number of different workflow systems in use by public authorities which have different counting
mechanisms for authorisations and notices.
The inconsistent counting and aggregation of data requests on a single authorisation and notice mean that the
statistics, although accurately recorded by each individual public authority, are not necessarily comparable
Police Forces & Law Enforcement Agencies
Total
Avon & Somerset Constabulary
Bedfordshire Police
British Transport Police
Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Cheshire Constabulary
City of London Police
Civil Nuclear Constabulary
Cleveland Police
Cumbria Constabulary
Derbyshire Constabulary
Devon & Cornwall Police
Dorset Police
Durham Constabulary
Dyfed Powys Police
Gloucestershire Constabulary
Greater Manchester Police
Gwent Police
Hampshire Constabulary
Hertfordshire Constabulary
HMRC
Humberside Police
Kent Police & Essex Police
Lancashire Constabulary
Leicestershire Police
Lincolnshire Police
Merseyside Police
Metropolitan Police
9,868
2,743
1,260
2,166
3,814
2,587
11
2,957
2,710
2,897
11,471
4,316
6,218
2,266
1,590
19,247
2,460
8,818
7,567
11,820
2,123
16,242
10,690
5,697
1,734
22,347
94,778
Total
Ministry of Defence Police
National Crime Agency
Norfolk Constabulary
North Wales Police
North Yorkshire Police
Northamptonshire Police
Northumbria Police
Nottinghamshire Police
Police Scotland
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Port of Liverpool Police
Royal Air Force Police
Royal Military Police
Royal Navy Police
South Wales Police
South Yorkshire Police
Staffordshire Police
Suffolk Constabulary
Surrey Police
Sussex Police
Thames Valley Police
UK Border Agency
Warwickshire Police
West Mercia Police
West Midlands Police
West Yorkshire Police
Wiltshire Police
171
40,064
1,923
2,037
4,058
2,169
6,211
7,749
19,390
6,395
12
20
706
16
8,777
6,801
5,121
1,247
5,193
3,051
5,221
6,056
1,076
10,816
28,254
12,676
5,636
Grand Total
451,243
The Port of Dover Police reported that they did not grant any Authorisations or give any Notices in 2013
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