Question follow-through · 18013

Department for Education: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department ensures compliance with data protection requirements relating to the processing of special category data, including data relating to health or protected characteristics.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
15 Jul 2026
Answer
3 Aug 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department ensures compliance with data protection requirements relating to the processing of special category data, including data relating to health or protected characteristics.

  2. 15 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Aug 2026

    Answer published

    The department ensures compliance with data protection requirements relating to the processing of special category personal data, including data concerning health and protected characteristics, in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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