Question follow-through · 127146
Information Commissioner's Office: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the timeliness of the Information Commissioners Office's responses to complaints about potential breaches of data protection legislation.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 14 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 21 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the timeliness of the Information Commissioners Office's responses to complaints about potential breaches of data protection legislation.
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Apr 2026
Answer published
While DSIT acts as the ICO’s sponsor department within government, it is an independent regulator and accountable to Parliament. The ICO reports annually to Parliament on its complaints and investigations, and the Information Commissioner can appear befor...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Members: Correspondence
19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when the Minister of AI and Digital Government plans to reply to the correspondence of 25 March 2026 from the Hon. Member for St Albans, reference DC54221/DSIT.