Dear Worcester City Council,

Sir or Madam,
I am writing to enquire on the use of the RIPA
law by the Council. Specifically:

1) How many Council employees have the power to authorise the use of RIPA, and what is their designated grade?

2) How many times have RIPA powers been used in the last 3 years? On what dates were the requests made and by whom?

3) For what purposes was RIPA used, what type of investigation was being undertaken? What was the motivation for using RIPA? What were the outcomes of the RIPA requests? Please provide details for the past 3 years.

4) Over the past 3 years, by each year, how many people have been prosecuted as a result of evidence gathered through the use of RIPA sanctioned investigations, and how many of these prosecutions have led to convictions?

Yours faithfully,

Phil Collyer