§ Mr. SteelTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the rules concerning access to the adoption register in New Register house; and what measures he proposes to take to ease access for those who have a right to see such files.
§ Mr. RifkindIn accordance with the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978, the registrar general will, for the appropriate fee, have a search made of the index to the adopted children register on behalf of any person or permit that person to search the index. Thereafter the registrar general will issue to the person an extract of any entry in the adopted children register that he or she may require.
Access to the adopted children register is being eased by the conversion of the paper index to computerised format, due to be completed in 1990.