Written Question·Home Office·UIN 33227

Cryptography

Tabled: 24 February 2025

Answered: 4 March 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to publish regular transparency reports on the number of encryption-related demands her Department makes to (a) Apple and (b) other technology companies.

Answer

Dan Jarvis

The Home Office does not comment on operational matters, including for example confirming or denying the existence of any notices. This has been the longstanding position of successive UK Governments for reasons of national security.The UK has a longstand...

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