§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) whether he will introduce regulations that prevent personal data being disclosed from community charge registers by the community charge registration officer or charging authority(a) to any Departments of state under the conditions specified in section 34(5)(a) of the Data Protection Act, if the disclosure is not for a purpose 72W connected with the community charge, (b) to the police, immigration and tax officials for the purposes specified in section 28 of the Data Protection Act and (c) to the security services for the purposes specified in section 27 of the Data Protection Act 1984; and whether he will make a statement;
(2) whether he will introduce regulations that prevent personal data being disclosed from community charge registers by the community charge registration officer or charging authority to public utilities; and whether he will make a statement;
(3) whether he will introduce regulations that prevent personal data contained within the community charge register being used or disclosed for purposes not connected with the community charge by the community charge registration officer or charging authority; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LangThe community charges register is available for inspection to the extent specified and for the purposes set out in section 20 of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987, as amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1988, and in regulation 16 of the Community Charges (Registration) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 1988. My right hon. and learned Friend has no plans to make any further regulations on this matter.