Consultation on possible changes of use of personal data held on the GB Poultry Register
This consultation invites views on possible future uses of personal data held on the GB Poultry Register.
The consultation has been planned over many months and poultry industry organisations have been kept informed. The timing of this consultation is not related to the avian influenza H5 outbreak confirmed on 12 November 2007 on the Suffolk/Norfolk border.
In December 2005 the Great Britain Poultry Register (GBPR) was established in response to an increased threat of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza. The uses to which it has so far been put have been largely limited to the prevention and control of avian influenza.
We would now like to explore whether the personal data on the GBPR could be used more widely to improve the service that we can offer to poultry keepers while continuing to ensure that it is kept secure and used lawfully. Use of this data for other purposes will benefit both government and farmers as it will allow better joined up working and will reduce the need to ask for the same data on numerous occasions.
The Deadline for responses was 5 February 2008.
Welsh language versions of these documents can be obtained from:
Paper copies of the consultation papers are available:
Poultry Register Consultation (PRC)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Area 609
1A Page Street
London, SW1P 4PQ
Email: PRC@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 0207 904 6138. This is an answer-phone service so it will be necessary to speak clearly and slowly so we can correctly write down your name and address.
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Page last modified: 17 July 2008
Page published: 13 November 2007