HC Deb 31 January 1977 vol 925 cc43-4W
Mr. Brotherton

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to which Government computer data banks officials of the Inland Revenue currently have access.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

I assume that the hon. Member has in mind access to computer-stored material which contains per- sonal information about identifiable individuals. Details of computer systems of Government Departments which use such material and of transfers of information held in them are given in the White Paper "Computers: Safeguards for Privacy" published in December 1975 (Cmnd. 6354).