Access to Personal Files (Hansard, 18 July 1994)

HC Deb 18 July 1994 vol 247 c38W 38W

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement concerning the costs of implementing the Access to Personal Files Act 1987.

§ Mr. Baldry
My Department has not collected information about the costs of implementing the Access to Personal Files Act 1987. Authorities are empowered to charge fees which should make the operation of the new requirements imposed by the Act self-financing.