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Lucy McConville
Information Officer

Oxfordshire County Council
Corporate Core
Freedom of Information Team
County Hall
New Road
Oxford
OX1 1ND

Tel: 01865 815448
Fax: 01865 247805

[1][email address]

[Oxfordshire County Council request email]
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

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Our reference: 1156 FOI

Dear Kaihsu Tai

Thank you for your request of 6 February in which you asked for the
following information:

1 A current list of council employees who have authority to make a

request for powers under RIPA and under what circumstances.

2 Details of the use of powers under RIPA by your council since the

Act came into force: who made the request, the purpose thereof, the

intention for the request, and date and outcome of request.

Taking your questions in turn:

1 A current list of council employees who have authority to make a

request for powers under RIPA and under what circumstances.

Oxfordshire County Council cannot provide you with a list of council
employees who have authority to make a request for powers under RIPA as
such a list does not exist. This is because technically there is no
limitation on who can apply for authorisation to carry out activities that
fall within the scope of RIPA. However, many County Council employees
would not within the scope of their employment carry out duties that
include any activity that falls within the scope of RIPA since
authorisation can only be given if the activity is:

. necessary for purposes specified within the act (in practice, for
the purposes of prevention or detection of criminal offences),

and if

. the proposed activities are proportionate to what is sought to be
achieved.

With regard to officers who provide authorisation, please see the attached
list.

2 Details of the use of powers under RIPA by your council since the

Act came into force: who made the request, the purpose thereof, the

intention for the request, and date and outcome of request.

Since the Act came into force in 2000, RIPA powers have been requested
for:

o Directed Surveillance
o Use of a Covert Human Intelligence Source (CHIS)
o Acquisition of communications data

Please see the attached document which contains Tables detailing this
council's use of RIPA authorisations.

Feedback

Following our completion of your information request, we would be grateful
if you would take a few minutes to give us some feedback.

Please click on the weblink below to open a short survey which should take
less than 5 minutes to complete.

[1]http://portal.oxfordshire.gov.uk/content...

Responses are anonymous and will help us improve our service. Thank you.

Help Us To get It Right

If you are dissatisfied with the service or response you have received you
can complain as follows:

o Use the online complaints form on our website -
[2]www.oxfordshire.gov.uk;

o Complete the leaflet "How do I complain about a council service?".
Copies are available from any Oxfordshire library or by telephoning 01865
815906. Large print and audio tape versions are available on request from
this number;

o Write to us at our FREEPOST address:

Complaints and Comments
Oxfordshire County Council
FREEPOST (SCE 7709)
Oxford OX1 1YA.

Please let me know if you have further enquiries. I would be grateful if
you could use the reference number given at the top of this email.

Yours sincerely,

Lucy

Lucy McConville
Information Officer

Oxfordshire County Council
Corporate Core
Freedom of Information Team
County Hall
New Road
Oxford
OX1 1ND

Tel: 01865 815448
Fax: 01865 247805

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www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

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