§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many subject access requests under the terms of the Data Protection Act his Department has received; what was his estimate of the number of requests that would be received; what consideration he is giving to the subject access fee charged by his Department as a result; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. CopeThe Northern Ireland Office and the Northern Ireland Departments have received a total of 28 subject access requests since November 1987. The estimated number of requests was 3,800 annually. I have no plans to reconsider subject access fees.