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1522500

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her speech at Conservative Party Conference 2022, what plans she has to repeal UK GDPR in The Data Protection Act 2018 when creating a British data protection system.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	63310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on Monday 18 July 2022 and following the election of the new leader of the Conservative Party, Ministers are further considering the Bill.</p><p>We will amend the existing Data Protection and Digital Information Bill and adapt the UK GDPR to create a new bespoke British data protection framework that is business and consumer friendly, and keeps people's personal data secure.</p><p>We are working with businesses and other stakeholders, at speed, to ensure that the Bill maximises this post-Brexit opportunity, and as mentioned in the Secretary of State’s conference speech, the Bill seeks to retain our data adequacy decision so businesses can trade freely.</p><p>The DPDI Bill will continue its passage in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 63308 63309 question first answered 19/10/2022 09:27:00 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1462108

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which data rights will be clarified by the Data Reform Bill, as announced in the Queen's Speech 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>Now that we have left the EU, we have an opportunity to simplify the clunky parts of GDPR and create a world class data rights framework that will allow us to realise the benefits of data use while maintaining the UK’s high data protection standards.</p><p>The bill will contain measures from the ‘Data: A New Direction’ consultation document, and we will publish our response shortly. The bill will also make good on the government’s commitment to legislate for other policies in similar subject areas, such as increasing industry participation in Smart Data schemes and enabling digital identity-verification services.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 16/05/2022 08:27:35 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1452130

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to utilise data sovereignty to gain a competitive advantage over hostile states.
	tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
	tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
	uin	142102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s approach to data policy is set out in the National Data Strategy. The strategy is ambitious and pro-growth, placing the availability of data and confidence in its use at its heart, and positioning the UK as a global data champion.</p><p>Data sovereignty, including improving data use and access in the UK and controlling our own data laws and regulations, presents a major opportunity for economic growth, strategic innovation as well as boosting our national security and defence capabilities. We have published priority areas for where the government will take action on increasing data access and availability in the National Data Strategy Mission 1 Policy Framework. The Government has also recently consulted on an ambitious package of data reforms to create a new pro-growth and innovation-friendly data protection regime that underpins the trustworthy use of data. We will be setting out next steps shortly.</p><p>The UK will also continue to champion the international flow of data and support open data and improved data quality and data standards, while working with like-minded international partners to ensure that global data governance supports better outcomes for us all.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/03/2022 14:39:48 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1421600

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help enable UK citizens to control their own data.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	905569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The government has put together an ambitious package of reforms to create a new data protection regime that is pro-growth and trusted for our citizens and businesses.</p><p><br>Our proposed regime should incentivise organisations to invest more effectively in the governance, policies and tools that protect personal data so that UK citizens can have even greater confidence that personal data is being used responsibly.</p><p><br>We recently consulted on our proposed reforms and will be setting out next steps shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 10/02/2022 16:39:10 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1380265

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	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 the draft direct marketing code of practice; and what steps she is taking to ensure the provision of clear guidance on the types of data profiling use which are prohibited under the UK GDPR.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	78397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK’s independent data protection regulator. It has a statutory duty to produce a code of practice that provides practical guidance for organisations on carrying out direct marketing in accordance with the data protection legislation and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. When the final code is published, it will include guidance for organisations on how to make sure that any profiling for direct marketing purposes is done in a way that is fair, lawful and transparent. The ICO will also make available practical tools alongside the code, to help support organisations in their direct marketing activities.</p><p>The ICO has a duty to consult with the Secretary of State and other interested parties on the development of the code and the ICO engaged with DCMS during the consultation phases last year. It will submit the code formally for the Secretary of State to lay in Parliament in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 26/11/2021 12:39:20 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1357005

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department’s report, Data: A New Direction - Analysis of Expected Impact, published on 10 September 2021, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the estimates set out (a) Section 1 Paragraph 4 and (b) Section 3 Paragraph 71; and if she will provide reasons for the differences between those estimates.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	51638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>The methodology and data used to develop the analysis is described in the report. It accounts for the variation in compliance costs across different scenarios with respect to the UK's EU adequacy decisions.</p><p>As set out in the report, this analysis is open to consultation. We are seeking further information at this stage in order to robustly quantify these impacts, including on trade, as we build a more detailed impact assessment. The Government would welcome responses to the consultation on this topic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 51637 51639 51640 51641 question first answered 23/09/2021 10:06:48 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1357006

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department’s report, Data: A New Direction - Analysis of Expected Impact, published on 10 September 2021, whether the compliance costs set out in Section 1 Paragraph 4 are the same as those set out in Section 3 Paragraph 71.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	51639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>The methodology and data used to develop the analysis is described in the report. It accounts for the variation in compliance costs across different scenarios with respect to the UK's EU adequacy decisions.</p><p>As set out in the report, this analysis is open to consultation. We are seeking further information at this stage in order to robustly quantify these impacts, including on trade, as we build a more detailed impact assessment. The Government would welcome responses to the consultation on this topic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 51637 51638 51640 51641 question first answered 23/09/2021 10:06:48 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1353950

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2021
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the UK's future data adequacy decisions will prohibit the onward transfer of data to countries with lower standards of data protection than the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	45079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>Data adequacy is about ensuring the high standards of data protection under the UK GDPR are not undermined when personal data is transferred to a third country. UK data adequacy assessments consider the overall effect of a third country’s data protection laws, their implementation, enforcement, and supervision. Our assessments also take into account how data can be transferred from that country to other destinations.</p><p>Adequacy does not require identical laws and practices. The UK will be pragmatic in its assessments and will recognise how partners around the world protect data to high standards and share the same values as the UK but do so through different means.</p><p>Work is ongoing and while we have announced priorities and make good progress, we cannot prejudge the outcomes of the technical adequacy assessment work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 45078 45080 45082 question first answered 16/09/2021 16:13:17 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1353952

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2021
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of whether the data regimes of (a) the United States, (b) Australia, (c) the Republic of Korea, (d) the Dubai International Financial Centre, (e) Colombia and (f) Singapore provide equivalent protection to that of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	45080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>Data adequacy is about ensuring the high standards of data protection under the UK GDPR are not undermined when personal data is transferred to a third country. UK data adequacy assessments consider the overall effect of a third country’s data protection laws, their implementation, enforcement, and supervision. Our assessments also take into account how data can be transferred from that country to other destinations.</p><p>Adequacy does not require identical laws and practices. The UK will be pragmatic in its assessments and will recognise how partners around the world protect data to high standards and share the same values as the UK but do so through different means.</p><p>Work is ongoing and while we have announced priorities and make good progress, we cannot prejudge the outcomes of the technical adequacy assessment work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 45078 45079 45082 question first answered 16/09/2021 16:13:17 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1353957

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2021
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether any future data adequacy deals will allow for the free flow of data to any country or territory in which UK citizens' data will be offered weaker protections than those currently in UK law.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	45082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>Data adequacy is about ensuring the high standards of data protection under the UK GDPR are not undermined when personal data is transferred to a third country. UK data adequacy assessments consider the overall effect of a third country’s data protection laws, their implementation, enforcement, and supervision. Our assessments also take into account how data can be transferred from that country to other destinations.</p><p>Adequacy does not require identical laws and practices. The UK will be pragmatic in its assessments and will recognise how partners around the world protect data to high standards and share the same values as the UK but do so through different means.</p><p>Work is ongoing and while we have announced priorities and make good progress, we cannot prejudge the outcomes of the technical adequacy assessment work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 45078 45079 45080 question first answered 16/09/2021 16:13:17 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry