Question follow-through · 8214
Information Commissioner's Office: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the timeliness of the Information Commissioner's Office in investigating complaints concerning the handling of special categor
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the timeliness of the Information Commissioner's Office in investigating complaints concerning the handling of special categor
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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17 Jun 2026
Answer published
While DSIT acts as the ICO's sponsor department within government, the ICO is an independent regulator accountable to Parliament. The ICO has a statutory duty to investigate complaints from data subjects to the extent appropriate and reports annually to P...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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