Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Wednesday, 28 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 6 April 2001. It was answered by Mike O'Brien (Labour) on Friday, 6 April 2001 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Government departments pay to access information on the National Change of Address Database; what the cost to public funds of accessing the National Change of Address Database was in each year since 1995. - Includes fact that information would incur disproportionate cost.

Answer: Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) which Government Departments pay to access information on the National Change of Address Database; [156453] (2) what the cost to public funds of accessing the National Change of Address Database was in each year since 1995. [156455] Mr. Mike O'Brien: It is a matter for individual Departments to provide the information requested. There are no central records kept in the Home Office of these costs and the information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 366 c355W; 156453;156455
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Access Disclosure of information Data protection Databases Costs Personal records
Contains statistics: Yes
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