§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many subject access requests under the terms of the Data Protection Act his Department has received; what was his estimate of the number of requests that would be received; what consideration he is giving to the subject access fee charged by his Department as a result; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Chris PattenBy 16 July 1990 my Department—including PSA—had received 491 subject access requests. No prior estimate of this number had been made and I have no plans to reconsider the level of the fee charged.