asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with, and what advice was received from, the Data Protection Registrar relating to the accessibility of fingerprints held on police computers; and if he will make a statement.

None. We are satisfied that the arrangements for access to fingerprint images held on police computers comply with the Data Protection Act 1984.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with, and what advice was received from, the Data Protection Registrar in relation to the proposed new police computers; and if he has any plans to amend the Data Protection Act in consequence.

None. Police computer systems are subjects to the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1984 and any new application on the police national computer (or any other police computer which contains personal data) will be registered, as appropriate, under the Act.