§ Mr. Cohenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many registrations his Department has made under the Data Protection Act; how many people are involved with implementing the legislation in his Department as a significant part of their job description; and how much he estimates it will cost to conform with the eight data protection principles.
§ Mr. BrookeThe Treasury made three registrations under the Data Protection Act. There are four people involved with implementing the legislation within the Department. The majority of the data protection principles echo good practice and were adhered to by the Treasury prior to the introduction of the Act. The only principle likely to cause extra cost in future is principle 7, referring to subject access. The Treasury does not envisage any significant expenditure on this, as most of the subjects are members of staff who see the information held on them as a matter of course.