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Departmental Data Protection

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 15 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have which allow contractors to store personal data of UK citizens overseas; for which contracts this applies; in which countries the data for each contract are held; and how many people have their data stored overseas in the case of each such contract. (245343)

DEFRA has no contracts which allow the contractor to store personal data of UK citizens overseas. The DEFRA Agencies have one contract which relates to the control of animal disease outbreaks and allows for personal data to be stored in the Republic of Ireland. At present, information on less than 10 individuals is so held under this contract.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when his Department appointed a senior information risk owner in accordance with the report, Data Handling Procedures in Government and the accompanying document Cross-departmental Actions: Mandatory Minimum Action; and what grade the person holds within the Department. (245361)

DEFRA’s Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) was appointed on 28 February 2008 and is a Director General who sits on the Management Board.