questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure compliance with data protection requirements under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 relating to the processing of special category data, including data relating to health and protected characteristics.
answerText: All organisations in the UK that process personal data, including government departments, must comply with the UK’s data protection legislation (UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA)). Under the UK GDPR, sp...
heading: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Data Protection