HC Deb 29 October 1987 vol 121 cc379-80W
Mr. Cohen

asked the Secretary of State for Employment 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.

Mr. Cope

The Department of Employment group, comprising the Department of Employment, the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service, the Health and Safety Executive, and the Manpower Services Commission has a total of 94 entries on the data protection register. A fee of £10 will be charged for access to information held on most of its register entries, except that free access will be allowed to information held for the following purposes: the national unemployment benefit central computer system; job finding, training and related activities; the Department of Employment small firms service; the administration of the redundancy payments scheme; the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service; industrial tribunals administration; and internal departmental personnel administration.