Report of the Interception of Communications Commissioner - March 2015
Figure 8 2014 Chapter II of Part I RIPA 2000 Applications by Statutory Purpose
prevent or detect crime
or prevent disorder
78.5%
national
security
15%
emergency - prevent
death or injury
other
0.5%
6%
0.02% - public safety
<0.01% - economic wellbeing of the UK
combination
<0.01% - public health
0.24%
<0.01% - tax, duty, levy...
<0.01% - miscarriage of justice
to identify person who
has died or is unable to
identify themselves / to
Identify next of kin or
other person
0.22%
Caveat: This chart is created to give indicative proportions of which statutory purpose the approved
applications in 2014 were for. It is indiciative because a small minority of police forces were unable to provide
an accurate breakdown. Their contribution to the total has been extrapolated from the majority of police
forces that were able to give an accurate breakdown.
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