Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) successful prosecutions there have been under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 on the misuse of bots for the harvesting of event tickets through primary ticketing platforms.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
It is not possible to identify from centrally held data the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted under Computer Misuse Act specifically related to misuse of bots for the harvesting of event tickets without incurring disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to publish the Macur Report before May 2015.
Answered by Simon Hughes
I answered a similar question on 20 November from the hon. Member for Wrexham and the position has not changed.
Lady Justice Macur’s Review is entirely independent of Government and its timetable is a matter for her. She is on record as saying that her Review would be thorough and that she would not draw any conclusions until she had considered all the evidence. I am, however, confident that good progress has been made and the Review is nearing its completion. The Government looks forward to receiving Lady Justice Macur’s Report next year.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
In the financial years 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2013/14 no duplicate supplier payments were made; all duplicate invoices were stopped before payment and therefore no recovery action was necessary. In 2010/11 duplicate payments totalling £8,964.35 were made. This represents a small proportion, 0.039%, of the total number of duplicate payments invoiced over the four year period. It is possible that this entire amount was recovered, however, disproportionate cost would be incurred in determining this.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will revise his decision to redact documents relating to Jimmy Savile in the PREM 19/878 file in the National Archives.
Answered by Simon Hughes
The majority of the information in the file has been disclosed. An application for closed information in the file is currently subject to a pending appeal in the First-tier tribunal. Therefore the Government cannot comment further in these circumstances.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what role the Information Commissioner's Office has in (a) the trial of the Aeroyn Skyranger drone around Gatwick Airport and (b) any other use of other surveillance aircraft operated by Government departments, agents or public bodies in the UK.
Answered by Simon Hughes
The Information Commissioner's Office has no specific role in the trial of the Aeryon Skyranger drone around Gatwick Airport. Members of the Information Commissioner's staff sit on the Cross-Government Working Group on Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems. They advise on any data protection compliance issues that arise.
In addition the ICO is currently consulting on its revised CCTV code of practice which includes a section on remotely operated vehicles, or drones:
http://ico.org.uk/about_us/consultations/our_consultations