Question follow-through · 26863
Data Protection: Public Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Information Commissioner’s Office on trends in data protection compliance across the public sector.
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- Answering body
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Information Commissioner’s Office on trends in data protection compliance across the public sector.
4 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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10 Sept 2026
Answer published
Senior officials from DCMS have regular meetings with the ICO to discuss data protection matters, and additionally the ICO attends the Government Security Board every quarter. The engagement framework between the Government and the ICO is set out in a Mem...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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