Question follow-through · 56203

Post Office: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Post Office has taken to prevent future data breaches.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
5 Jun 2025
Answer
5 Jun 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Post Office has taken to prevent future data breaches.

  2. 5 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    These matters are the responsibility of the Post Office, although the Department for Business and Trade has made clear to them the very serious view which we take of this breach and the need to avoid similar failings in future. The Information Commissione...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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