Question follow-through · 11970

Government Departments: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Synergy shared services programme on data security.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
24 Jun 2026
Answer
30 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Synergy shared services programme on data security.

  2. 24 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Synergy places the utmost importance on data security and has contractual conditions with suppliers to specify its data remains in the control of the UK Government. The Synergy team works closely with the data protection and security experts in the Synerg...

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