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Written question asked by Harry Cohen (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 December 1995. It was answered by Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 December 1995 on behalf of the Child Support Agency.


Dept of Social Security;Child Support Agency

Question
What technical difficulties the Child Support Agency has encountered in meeting requests for subject access under the Data Protection Act 1984; what investigations were instigated in respect of those difficulties; and what steps he has taken to ensure that future software procurement programmes will include, as part of their design criteria, routines which support the rights of data subjects under the Data Protection Act 1984. - Text of letter from Miss Ann Chant of the Child Support Agency.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
5301; 268 c1277W;268 c1274-5W
Session
1995-96
Subjects
Children Data protection Software Computers Child Support Agency Government departments Maintenance