§ Mr. Tony Lloydasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the progress of the registration process under the Data Protection Act 1984; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe Data Protection registrar had received approximately 14,500 applications for registration by Wednesday, 19 March. The registrar is monitoring the effect of his current advertising campaign, and expects the majority of applications to be received towards the end of the initial registration period, which expires on 10 May.