§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment 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. RidleyI propose to charge a fee of £10 for subject access by members of the public. There is no current intention to charge the Department's own staff seeking access to personal data held about them as employees.
My Department—including PSA and the Crown Suppliers—has 13 register entries, each of which covers several separate systems. In the unlikely event of a data subject requesting access to all entries, the total cost would be £130.