Question follow-through · 8965

Department for Work and Pensions: Subject Access Requests

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many subject access requests exceeded the statutory deadline in the last two years.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
15 Jun 2026
Answer
18 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many subject access requests exceeded the statutory deadline in the last two years.

  2. 15 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    During the 12-month period June 2025 to May 2026 inclusive (i.e. the 12-month period prior to the question), DWP completed 16,032 subject access requests within the statutory deadline. During the 12-month period June 2025 to May 2026 inclusive (i.e. the 1...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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