§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for 128W Nuneaton (Mr. Huckfield) on 6 April, 1982, Official Report, c. 294, if he will publish his Department's rules and instructions governing the access to and use of information on individual personal details held in his Department's filing systems, whether manual or computerised.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergIt is not the Department's practice to publish rules and instructions intended solely for use by its staff. The guidance provides inter alia that individual personal details are not disclosed without the consent of the person concerned except in special circumstances.