To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information databases his Department (a) maintains and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. (284385)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which databases managed by his Department and its agencies hold personal information on members of the public; on what date each such database become operational; and if he will make a statement. (284901)

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given by the then Exchequer Secretary to the hon. Member for Fareham (Mr. Hoban) on 18 February 2008, Official Report, column 349W. There are a number of databases maintained by the Department and its agencies that contain personal data, most of them related to staff. Those that are managed by the Treasury and its agencies and contain personal information on members of the public are Financial Sanctions (operational since October 2007), Gilts Register (December 2004) and DMO Job Applicants (2004).