HC Deb 19 January 1999 vol 323 cc412-3W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the practice of enforced subject access to police records for purposes which are not related to employment; and if he will make a statement. [65964]

Mr. Boateng

It is difficult to know, in any particular case, whether a subject access application has been "enforced" but in the opinion of the police, the majority of enforced subject access applications are made for employment purposes. We have not undertaken any further research into this practice.