Results 1-20 of 23 for confidentiality speaker:Alun Michael

Statistics and Registration Service Bill (Programme) (No. 2): New Clause 1 — Access to the Prime Minister (13 Mar 2007)

Alun Michael: ...purposes. That is why I am delighted that Government amendment No. 48 makes that clear. They need to tackle any unnecessary blockages to that end, commensurate with genuine data protection and confidentiality requirements. For example, they should work to remove unnecessary barriers to data access and sharing; they should ensure that the definition of "approved researcher" includes those...

Public Bill Committee: Statistics and Registration Service Bill: Clause 40 (25 Jan 2007)

Alun Michael: ...in which the debate is going because it illustrates the importance of having absolute clarity about the tension between having the quality of information at the most local level and ensuring that confidentiality is protected in the way set out by the Minister. That is important because if one errs too far in one direction, one may find, as we did in the past, that information simply does...

Public Bill Committee: Statistics and Registration Service Bill: Clause 1 (16 Jan 2007)

Alun Michael: ...importance of coterminosity of data.” If the basic raw data is not collected coterminously at the most local level, we cannot aggregate up. At that local level, the raw data might have to remain confidential, because individuals might otherwise be identified, but there are ways of handling that through professional scrutiny and data protection methodology. The point, however, is that...

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (3 Mar 2006)

Alun Michael: ...list of non government respondees, excluding private individuals in order to protect their privacy, has been published on the DTI website which gives details of how to obtain hard copies of any non confidential responses.

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Broadband (24 Nov 2005)

Alun Michael: .... The European Commission was notified under State Aid rules. East Midlands Development Agency has worked with BT on a number of sub- regional strategic partnerships, to extend broadband availability. As part of the contractual arrangements confidentiality agreements were signed by the sub- regional partnerships to protect information as commercial in confidence. Accordingly, this...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Data Protection (8 Nov 2004)

Mr Alun Michael: ...out in cases where staff dealing with particularly sensitive material require formal vetting in line with central Government guidelines. Defra's IT security policy is designed (a) to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of computer systems and information to a level that meets business needs and (b) to ensure that accounting and audit processes exist. This is achieved...

Reach (9 Sep 2004)

Mr Alun Michael: The point about data sharing is important. Commercial confidentiality certainly concerns parts of the pharmaceutical industry and other industries in which processes are involved. Will not the benefits of one substance-one registration be realised if all available test data is shared among all EU suppliers? By and large, test data is not commercially sensitive. We need to be careful about the...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Egg Production (14 Jul 2004)

Mr Alun Michael: The following table provides a breakdown of UK egg production by use, grade and production method. In order to preserve the confidentiality of survey respondents this information is not separately available at the England level. UK hen eggs -- (million dozen) 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total production 884 873 877 902 904 850 855 917 972 992 ...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Departmental Staff (6 Jul 2004)

Mr Alun Michael: ...Medical Retirement certificates issued for reasons of mental disorder in each year since Defra was created in 2001 was between zero and five (the actual numbers cannot be provided due to reasons of confidentiality).

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Fertilisers (25 May 2004)

Mr Alun Michael: ...in the UK. It would not be appropriate to release production figures as it would enable each company to identify the manufacturing output of their competitor and would therefore breach commercial confidentiality.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Farming (23 Mar 2004)

Mr Alun Michael: ...in the table; (h) Dairy Premium Scheme and (i) Dairy Additional Payments Scheme which are new schemes being introduced with effect from 2004. The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is bound by commercial confidentiality in its dealings with its customers, whether sole traders or farmers or corporations, breach of which by disclosing information relating to the affairs of individual traders or...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Farm Payments (12 Mar 2004)

Mr Alun Michael: The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is bound by commercial confidentiality in its dealings with its customers, whether sole traders or farmers or corporations, breach of which by disclosing information relating to the affairs of individual traders or farmers or corporations would expose the RPA to the liability of legal proceedings in court. In relation to individual farmers or traders,...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Farm Payments (10 Mar 2004)

Mr Alun Michael: The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is bound by commercial confidentiality in its dealings with its customers, whether sole traders or farmers or corporations, breach of which by disclosing information relating to the affairs of individual traders or farmers or corporations would expose the RPA to the liability of legal proceedings in tort. In relation to individual farmers or traders,...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Civil Service (Disabled People) (29 Jan 2004)

Mr Alun Michael: ...danger — Physical co-ordination 16 Severe disfigurement 10 Speech 5 Total disabilities 535 Total staff 392 Figures less than five have been suppressed for reasons of confidentiality. Statistics on the disability profile of the civil service as a whole from April 2003 show that 3.6 per cent. of the civil service overall had a declared disability (1.7 per cent. in...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Commercial Confidentiality (1 Apr 2003)

Mr Alun Michael: It is not standard practice to verify claims of commercial confidentiality on receiving information from organisations, as this issue is normally only relevant if the question arises as to whether or not the information should be disclosed to another party. Access to the environmental information which Defra holds is subject to the Environmental Information Regulations 1992. Detailed guidance...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Capita (17 Mar 2003)

Mr Alun Michael: ...needed to be invoked and considers that the Capita Group has delivered the contracted services to the standards required. The terms of contracts between the Department and its suppliers are commercially confidential. Further information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Rural Enterprise/Vocational Training Schemes (19 Mar 2002)

Mr Alun Michael: ...a list of the projects referred to in the answer of 8 January 2002, Official Report, column 732W, and a description of the nature of the project. The size of individual awards is commercially confidential.

Orders of the Day — Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Bill [Lords] [Money]: Register of Sex Offenders (25 Feb 1997)

Mr Alun Michael: ...have been convicted of paedophile offences, should be dealt with. There is a problem in deciding whether it should be generally available, available only in specific circumstances, or retained as confidential, for the use of the police alone. A variety of organisations hold the strong view that such procedures need to be part of a system directed at protecting children, which will ensure...

Police Bill [Lords] (12 Feb 1997)

Mr Alun Michael: ...who spoke in the debate. On the other hand, several hon. Members, including the hon. and learned Member for Burton (Sir I. Lawrence) were right to say that we need to be careful to protect the confidentiality of client and lawyer or doctor and patient. As we go into Committee, we welcome the fact that Government and Opposition agree on the objective and are joined in the search for the...

New clause 1: Powers of Police Complaints Authority (14 Feb 1996)

Mr Alun Michael: ...wronged. The means of reaching such an accommodation should be simple. However, there are the reservations to which the Minister rightly referred. We do not want to open the books or destroy the confidentiality of the work of the Security Service. The idea that every form of discipline should be the same is patently ludicrous. Many professions operate under different types of discipline....