§ Sir Gerard VaughanTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Romsey and Waterside, 3 June 1991Official Report, column 32, (1) if he will arrange for the study being carried out by Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte to be extended to consider electronic raids on medical data;
(2) if he will arrange for the study being carried out by Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte to be extended to consider electronic raids on research data compiled by academic institutions as distinct from businesses.
§ Mr. LeighThe focus of the study is on the requirements of business and the police. It would not be practicable for a relatively short-term study of this kind to collect material directly from all sectors. However, it is expected that the findings of the study would be applicable to the needs of most organisations which use information technology, and would therefore be likely to be relevant to those institutions which hold medical and research data in electronic form.