§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his Department's policy towards fees for subject access under the terms of the Data Protection Act; how many register entries his Department has; and what would be the total cost to a data subject seeking access to personal data held under all register entries.
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§ Mrs. RumboldMy Department's policy on subject access fees is to recover the direct costs of meeting a request for personal data, on an estimated average basis. My Department has eight register entries at present.
The cost to a data subject of obtaining his personal data would in most cases be £8 but, very exceptionally, might total a maximum of £40.