FOI request (FOIR-210764771)

RIPA and Training 2018/19

Requested Tue 26 May 2020
Responded Wed 10 June 2020

Please could you assist in the following:

1. How many Regulation of Investigative Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) Applications were submitted by council staff in the 2017, 2018 and 2019?

2. How many council staff are currently trained to enable them to submit a Regulation of Investigative Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) Application?

3. What was your training budget in 2017, 2018, 2019 for Regulation of Investigative Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) Training?

4, Was any of your training budget made up by grants? If so, how much?

5. What training courses did you commission in 2018/2019 on the topic of Regulation of Investigative Powers Act 2000 (RIPA)?

a. How many sessions of each course did you commission?

b. What was the price per course?

c. Who delivered each course?

d. What was the method of delivery? (e.g. face or face, online etc.)

6. What is the name of the council's Monitoring Officer?

a. What are their contact details?

7. What are the names of the council's Authorising Officers?

a. What are their contact details?

8. When was your last inspection from the Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Office?

9. When is your next inspection from the Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Office?

Response

Q1 - Zero

Q2 - 4

Q3/Q4 - Hastings Borough Council has no specific budget for RIPA training, it is taken from the council's corporate training budget.

Q5 -

a. - One

b. - £960

c. - PFH Training

d. - Face to Face

Q6 -

Christine Barkshire-Jones

email: cbarkshire-jones@hastings.gov.uk

tel: 01424 451066

Q7 -

Jane Hartnell - jhartnell@hastings.gov.uk

Simon Hubbard - shubbard@hastings.gov.uk

Peter Grace - pgrace@hastings.gov.uk

Mike Hepworth - mhepworth@hastings.gov.uk

Andrew Palmer - apalmer@hastings.gov.uk

Q8 - 2018, this was a virtual remote assessment, no physical visit took place

Q9 - 2021