Written question asked by Neil Hamilton (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 March 1995. It was answered by Nicholas Baker (Conservative) on Wednesday, 8 March 1995 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: If he will publish the compliance cost assessment for the draft Data Protection Directive as it applies to the United Kingdom (a) as regards the 1992 draft and (b) the draft agreed at the latest Council of Ministers meeting; if he will state the categories of paper records to which the draft data protection directive now applies; and what estimate he has made of the cost which this provision will impose on British business. - Inc ref to paper showing the results of a survey of the estimated cost of implementing the 1992 draft of the directive in the UK in the Library (as DEP/3 150) and that have as yet made no estimate of the cost of implementing.

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