Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 97427

Children: Data Protection

Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 12 December 2025

Question

Oliver Ryan

Labour (Co-op)Burnley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Clause 4 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, if she will set out (a) what safeguards will be put in place to protect information shared under this clause against unauthorized access,

Answer

Josh MacAlister
Information sharing governance is crucial to Clause 4, and existing data protection requirements will apply. As is the case now, misuse of personally identifiable information is guarded against via governance processes that are the responsibility of data ...

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