Question follow-through · 70297
Electronic Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will withdraw outstanding Technical Capability Notices relating to encryption.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will withdraw outstanding Technical Capability Notices relating to encryption.
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Sept 2025
Answer published
For reasons of national security, it has been a long-standing position that the Government does not confirm or deny Technical Capability Notices under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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