Authorisation by Secretary of State for inspection of private and 3rd sector data controllers

Phillip Main made this Freedom of Information request to Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

The request was successful.

From: Phillip Main

26 June 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,
"The Government state that it is possible for private and
third-sector data controllers to be inspected (with notice) if the
Secretary of State considers that they are exercising functions of
a public nature or under contract to a public authority,"

The Lords called for privacy regulator the Information
Commissioner's Office (ICO) to be allowed to inspect private sector
bodies, as well as public sector ones, without their permission.
The Government rejected that idea, saying that the Secretary of
State could order such inspections. The Lords now say that the
Government should make public when this has happened in the past to
prove its efficacy.

In view of these statements Please supply the following ,

1. Any correspondence or documents which detail any such inspection
authorised by the Secretary of State since 1st Jan 2006 until 26th
June 2009

2. Any correspondence or documents which list the number of
inspections carried out within the above time frame

3. Any correspondence or documents which deny,refuse or reject any
such request

4. Any correspondence or documents which purport to any such
rejection and details of which department or body made the request.

5. Any correspondence or documents which list the criteria to be
applied by the Secretary of State in refusing to or authorising
such an inspection.

Yours faithfully,

Phillip Main

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P. John left an annotation ( 4 July 2009)

Will be fascinated to read the response to this FoI.

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From: Data Access & Compliance Unit

24 July 2009

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Dear Mr Main,

Please find attached your acknowledgement to your Freedom of Information
request.

Yours sincerely

Katie Dimon

Data Access and Compliance Unit

Zone 6B

Post point 6.25

102 Petty France

London

SW1H 9AJ

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From: FOI Requests
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

30 July 2009

Dear Mr Main,

I refer to your request under the above legislation for information
about Authorisation by Secretary of State for inspection of private and
3rd sector data controllers.

I am writing to advise you that, having reviewed your request for
information, we have identified that this could more appropriately be
responded to by Ministry of Justice, who I understand have acknowledged
the redirection of the request from us.

Apologies for the lateness of this letter.

Regards,

BIS - Information Rights Unit

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From: Phillip Main

11 August 2009

Dear Data Access & Compliance Unit,

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/13...

This request is now overdue please respond asap

Yours sincerely,

Phillip Main

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From: Data Access & Compliance Unit

11 August 2009

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14 August 2009

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Dear Mr Main,

Please see attached a response to your Freedom of Information request of
26 June.

Kind regards

Ollie Simpson
Policy Advisor
Information Policy Division
Ministry of Justice

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