Written question asked by Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) on Monday, 30 March 2009.

Data Entry

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bach on 25 February (WA 86-87), whether the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has set an overall standard for errors in data entry and processing; and, if so, what is that standard.

Answer: Data entry is subject to a control framework comprising system-based validations and/or manual quality checks. Data quality is measured against targets or standards set for the system or application in question. Defra uses a range of national and international agreed or recognised standards to record data in an appropriate way. The department does not have a complete central record of all of the standards being used. This could only be compiled at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 2290; 709 c181WA
Session: 2008-09
Related items: Data Entry
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects: Databases Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Data processing Standards
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk