§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what arrangements operate for the logging of those who have access to (a) computer and (b) manual files kept by his Department on individuals; and if he will describe the procedures in operation for both categories.
§ Mr. Tom KingThere are specific guidelines on security of automatically processed data in Government Departments. These are contained in "Protection of Information in Computer Systems" and "Central Government Code of Practice No 27" issued by the central computer and telecommunications agency and these guidelines have been accepted by Northern Ireland Departments.
Manual files are retained in central and divisional registries within Departments. When a person who is
Health and social services board Total expenditure in 1984–85 on hospital catering Expenditure in 1984–85 on services provided by private catering companies Difference between 1983–84 percentage and 1984–85 percentage £ £ per cent of Total Northern 2,615,354 Nil 0 Nil Southern 2,983,107 Nil 0 Nil Eastern 11,735,830 Nil 0 Nil Western 3,458,147 Nil 0 Nil All boards 20,792,438 Nil 0 Nil
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give, for each health and social services board in 1984–85, the total expenditure on hospital laundry, the total expenditure on services provided to
468Wauthorised to do so examines or withdraws such a file his or her name is recorded in the appropriate registry index and on the file cover.