HC Deb 26 March 2002 vol 382 cc837-8W
Matthew Taylor

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if his Department plans to amend the Data Protection Act 1998; and if he will make a statement. [45216]

Mr. Wills

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply that I gave to a similar Question from him on 19 March.

2 The Public Guardianship Office was created on 1 April 2001 when the Public Trust Office ceased to exist.

fbatistics for correspondence with members of the public for the Department and its agencies for each of the last 36 months is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost, but figures are available for each of the last three financial years, and I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by the Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office (column 453W) on 19 July 2001 for figures relating to Lord Chancellor's Department Headquarters, Court Service Headquarters and the Land Registry. Figures for the Public Trust Office, and since 1 April 2001 its successor the Public Guardianship Office, and the Public Record Office are set out in the following table.nb