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<p>The audit referred to in the question was a specific audit by the Information Commissioner’s
Office (ICO) of the Department for Education (DfE). The DfE has been working closely
with the ICO since the audit was undertaken in February 2020 to address all the recommendations
and published its formal response in January 2021 in the House Library, paper reference
DEP2021-0072.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The work being done by DfE in partnership
with the ICO to address the audit recommendations, particularly around data sharing
policy and strategy, will support good practice across the public, private and third
sectors, in line with the aims of the National Data Strategy.</p><p> </p>
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