To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether a Government response was issued to the recommendations of the Council for Science and Technology's 2005 report entitled, Better use of personal information: opportunities and risks. (191094)

I have been asked to reply.

There was no formal Government response to the Council for Science and Technology’s 2005 report and the Government have not specifically implemented the recommendations. However, the report has been a valuable source of information in developing its thinking on how information is used and protected.

On 25 October the Prime Minister asked Dr. Mark Walport and the Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, to carry out an independent review of the use and sharing of personal information in the public and private sectors. The Ministry of Justice are currently considering how the programme should be structured to deliver service transformation.