Oral Question·Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 23 March 2022Answered: 29 March 2022
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Answer from Hansard
Ian Murray
The ICO is operationally independent of Government and is accountable to this Parliament. The Information Commissioner can appear in front of Select Committees to discuss the ICO’s performance, and I would encourage my hon. Friend’s Select Committee to pursue that.