Food Crime & Incidents

Information on the Investigatory Powers Act

Request

How many people work for your organisation?

How many of these people will authorised by warrant to conduct interception, equipment interference (hacking to obtain information) or bulk communications data acquisition under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016?

How many warrants have been applied for under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016?

How many warrants were granted?

How many investigations has your organisation carried out so far under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 and what were they for?

Response

We currently have 179 people employed by Food Standards Scotland.

For the other questions you have asked, in this instance Food Standards Scotland does not hold that information.