§ Mr. Cohenasked the Paymaster General 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. Kenneth ClarkeThe Department of Employment (DE), the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). the Manpower Services Commission (MSC) and the 143W Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) have to date submitted the following applications for registration:
Registrations Purposes for holding data DE 13 44 MSC 15 80 HSE 14 34 ACAS 1 6 Department of Employment group total 43 164 Each of the four parts of the Department of Employment group has appointed a data protection coordinator to control implementation of the Act.
The following costs will be incurred to enable the Department of Employment group to conform with the eight data protection principles:
DE MSC HSE ACAS (£,000s) Registration and related activities 25 25 20 2 Amendment of computer systems (principles 4 to 8) 225 * 30 — Totals 250 25 50 2 * Not yet known. We require that the cost of providing a service should be recouped unless there is exceptional reason for not doing so. The cost of providing subject access, which will depend on the number of requests and the amount recovered in fees charged to data subjects, is still being established.