Tacpot
I assume you are actually present when your AME does your medical, that he is capable of asking questions, and you are capable of replying?
I expect my GP or my AME to ask me about myself, my lifestyle etc and to advise me on the basis of my answers. These questions and my answers SHOULD be confidential between me and my physician.
My AME will issue a certificate if he is happy that I meet the CAA criteria. If he is not happy to issue the certificate then he may WITH MY CONSENT refer me to the CAA Medical Dept or a specialist.
Sorry, I don't believe your justification holds water.
I have no objection to the CAA gathering information for statistical puposes but the purpose should be made clear and the results subjected to proper statistical scrutiny and published. If they are not prepared to properly analyse and publish the results they should not IMHO be requiring the information to be provided.
Mike