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Intelligence Services: Detainees

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Question for Cabinet Office

UIN 113216, tabled on 15 November 2017

Question

Mr Kenneth Clarke
Conservative
Rushcliffe
Commons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he will issue a direction to place on a statutory footing the Investigatory Powers Commissioner's oversight of the Consolidated Guidance to Intelligence Officers and Service Personnel on the Detention and Interviewing of Detainees Overseas, and on the Passing and Receipt of Intelligence Relating to Detainees.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Mr David Lidington
Conservative
Aylesbury
Commons

Answered on

30 January 2018

I can confirm that the Prime Minister has issued a direction to the Investigatory Powers Commissioner under section 230 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 to continue the statutory oversight of the Consolidated Guidance that was previously provided by the Intelligence Services Commissioner. The direction will be published shortly on the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office’s website.

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