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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 Paul Goggins (Labour) on Monday, 20 July 2009 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.


Departmental Databases

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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

Details of the databases managed by the Northern Ireland Office and its agencies which hold personal information on members of the public and the date they became operational are listed in the following tables.Any personal information stored in these databases is subject to the Data Protection Act and to the Northern Ireland Office data protection policy. Also following the publication of the cross government data handling review in June 2008, new projects and programmes that hold significant amounts of personal data are obliged to conduct privacy impact assessments.

Database name Date
Mail Contact Addresses—Stats & Research 1996
Juvenile Justice Policy Stats database 1996
Mentally Disordered Offenders 2006
Juvenile Justice database 2004
Fireworks 1990
CATS (Correspondence & Case Tracking) 1990
Controlled Substances 1995
Shotfirers 1994
Prohibited Weapons 1997
MSER (Register of Explosives Stores) 2006
Registered Premises 1998
Security Section database 2000
Firearm Appeals 2001
KPPS (Key Persons Protection Scheme) Database (.net version) 2004
Security Vetting Database 2007
Pass Photograph Database 2001
Pass/ Access control system 2009
Visits Section VIP Database 2000
Visits Section VVJP Database 2004
CATS (Correspondence & Case Tracking) Belfast (1) 1990
CATS (Correspondence & Case Tracking) Belfast (2) 1990
CATS (Correspondence & Case Tracking) London 1990
Board of Visitors database 1990
JJC Juvenile Justice database 2004
Juvenile Justice Centre Incidents Database 2005
Youth Conference Service Database 2004
Youth Justice Agency Accounts System 2003
Youth Justice Agency Prompt Payment Database 2005
GOMISHQ and security 1995
Dead File Registry 1993
LSU Life Sentence Unit database 1993
Prisoners' Tuckshop 1996
Prisoners Private Cash 1996
File Registry Central Records 1996
Adjudication database 1999
Inmates medical fitness tests 1999
SASHA 1990
Operational Management Unit 1995
Litigation Database 1995
PAFIS (Prison Accounting and Financial System) 1997
DFITS (Departmental Finance IT system) 1997
VIRBS (Visitor Inmate Recognition and Booking System) 1999
SIPS (Secure Image Processing System) 2008
SIPS Viewer 2008
Alchemist 2000
Skillbuilders 2008
GOMIS 2 1995
Oscar 2 Wages 1995
Prisoner Release Victims Information Unit 2003
PRISM 2004
Neighbourhood Watch Registered Applications 2004
Neighbourhood Watch ID Cards 2006
Antisocial Behaviour Orders Database 2006
Integra 1997
Tarrif System 2002
Altos 1989
FSNI Case Management System 1982
DNA Database 1996
Asset 4000 Finance 2007
Agresso Finance 2006

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
496 c777-8W; 284902
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Databases Northern Ireland Office
Link
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