Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, what guidance he provides to (a) Government Legal Service personnel and officials in his Department and (b) others on the steps they (i) can and (ii) must take if they are or should reasonably be aware that data has been unlawfully processed by a data controller because that controller has not notified the Information Commissioner's Office.

The Government Legal Department provides guidance to all its staff on the Data Protection Act, which requires staff to act in accordance with the legislation as it affects their work.

Staff in other parts of the Government Legal Service are governed by any guidance issued by the departments for which they work