To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many notifications (a) his Department and (b) its agencies made to the Information Commissioner following the loss or mishandling of personal information or data since its creation; and what was notified in each case. (222899)

The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance, did not report any personal data-related incidents for the period 2007/08 to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Before November 2007, the Information Commissioner’s Office did not specifically keep records of instances of security breaches.

I refer the hon. Member to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 25 June 2008, providing the final report on measures for data handling procedures in Government.