§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) whether individuals holding identity cards will be able to check the information stored on the soccer identity card computer system;
(2) what steps he is taking to ensure that information fed into the national computer system on soccer identity cards will not be released to mail order and similar companies;
(3) what steps he is taking to safeguard information fed into the national computer system on soccer identity cards from being misused.
§ Mr. MoynihanThe Government intend that members of the scheme and applicants to it should have the full protection of the Data Protection Act 1984. This will be in relation to the collection of information to be held, access to it and the use to which such information is put. Discussions with the data protection registrar on these matters have taken place and will continue as the scheme is drawn up by the football membership authority.