§ Mr. Arthur Davidsonasked the Secretary of State for Industry what would be the cost to his Department of implementing the recommendations of the Lindop report on data protection.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe cost to the Department of Industry of implementing the Lindop report recommendations for protection of personal information would vary depending on the depth of protection it was decided would apply and the manner of its application. Until fundamental decisions of this kind are made about the application of the Lindop recommendations the costs cannot be estimated.