Written question asked by Jenny Willott (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 2 July 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 July 2009. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 July 2009 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Departmental Databases

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which databases managed by his Department and its agencies hold personal information on members of the public; on what date each such database become operational; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

My Department outsources management of all Databases. The databases it uses which contain personal information are:

Database	Operational
Finance	February 2006
Consultation—Audiovisual Media Services	October 2008
Consultation—BBC Charter Review	January 2004
Consultation—BBC White Paper	May 2006
Consultation—BBC Green Paper	June 2005
Consultation—Free to Air	April 2009
Consultation—Gambling Bill	March 2004
Consultation—Heritage Protection	April 2007
Consultation—McMaster Review	November 2007
Consultation—Museum of London Act (1965)	October 2003
Consultation—Ticket Touting	February 2009
Consultation—Television Without Frontiers	November 2006
Dome documents	November 2001
Freedom of Information Act Case Management	October 2004
Honours	2001
Information Centre Enquiry	March 2001
Lottery Grants	December 1996
Memorial—July 7th	July 2005
Memorial—Tsunami	March 2005
Records Centre	July 2003
Sponsored Bodies	July 1997

Databases managed by the Royal Parks Agency are:

Database	Operational
Estates Licencing	2000
Fund Raising	2001
Sports Booking	2005
Considerate Cycling Scheme	2007
What's On (visitor information)	2005

Secondary information