My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Jim Fitzpatrick) has made the following Ministerial Statement.

Subsequent to Written Answers I gave on 29 January and 2 April 2008 and my Written Ministerial Statements of 17 July 2008 to Parliamentary Questions on data handling, I would like to inform the House that further investigation has revealed additional information.

There are further instances of data being accessible overseas to be included in the response to the honourable Member for Chipping Barnet (Question 175768) (Official Report, 29 January 2008, col. 197W, and 17 July, cols. 54-55 WS).

On behalf of the Driving Standards Agency and the Secretary of State two sector skills councils, Skills for Logistics and GoSkills, operate and manage a joint approval unit for periodic training (JAUPT). JAUPT uses a US-based data processing company, Salesforce.com, to process some of the data about the registration of the training courses, which included the following personal information:

telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of employers, training providers, operators or suitably qualified individuals;

name of person from the centre who made the application for it to become an approved centre;

and name and qualifications of all trainers delivering courses.

We have received confirmation from JAUPT that personal data are no longer processed in the US on behalf of DSA in relation to this activity.

Asite Ltd runs a web-based system for the department for tendering purposes. The data are held in the UK and backed up to the US, and there is user administration access from India. The data include names, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of about 150 individuals to allow them to access the web-based data room.

The Highways Agency uses Le Crossing Company Ltd, a French contractor, in relation to payment of tolls. Personal data of account holders using the Dartford Crossing toll system are stored in the UK but can be accessed from France for maintenance purposes. The data include:

the name, address and telephone numbers of applicants for a dart tag; and

the bank account details of holders of a dart tag who pay by direct debit.

The Highways Agency uses Gallup for staff satisfaction surveys. Data stored in the US, including personal data, are as follows:

the names and line managers of permanent Highways Agency staff; and

the responses these staff have made to a staff satisfaction questionnaire.

The information above, about Saleforce.com and Gallup, should also be added to in response to Question 197148 from the honourable Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Official Report, 2 April 2008, cols. 1010-1011W) and 17 July (Official Report, col. 54-55 WS).