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Departmental Data Protection

Volume 489: debated on Wednesday 11 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 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. (245342)

The Ministry of Defence has identified eight contracts where personal data of UK citizens are held overseas. The following table provides the name of the contract, the country where the data are held and the approximate number of records.

Name of contract

Where the data are held

Approximate number of personal records held

Defence Travel: Electronic Booking Interface Service Contract

France

160,500

USA

15,000

Defence Travel: Travel Management Contract

USA

310,000

Royal Navy Community Website

USA

9,000

E-bluey: a hybrid mail service for BFPO which allows service personnel, relatives and friends to maintain contact with each other while serving on operations or exercise for more than 60 days duration

USA

1150,000

External Band D Assessment Centre (CMS)

Australia

4,600

RAF Fitlinxx: provides fitness training programmes for personnel and records workout sessions

USA

8,060

DE&S Movement Management Air Reservation System

Germany

19,500

DE&S Departure Control System

Germany

4,000

1 Including live accounts and e-blueys. This number fluctuates on a daily basis as accounts are added and deleted.