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Written question asked by Baroness Laing of Elderslie (Conservative) on Thursday, 5 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 February 2009. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Monday, 2 March 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Departmental Databases

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of maintaining the databases owned and managed by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies was in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2008.
Answer

The Department has in excess of 200 database information owners. The cost of undertaking an exercise to determine the cost of maintenance and management would incur disproportionate cost for the Department alone. As a consequence, a response has not been requested from its agencies.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
488 c1289W; 256147
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Databases Department of Health
Link
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