Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 123344

Data Protection: Productivity

Tabled: 24 March 2026

Answered: 1 April 2026

Question

Charlotte Nichols

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 20 March 2026 to question 120026, if she will make it her policy to make a definitive empirical study specifying UK-wide GDPR impact on productivity.

Answer

Ian Murray

The Government keeps the impacts of data protection legislation under review. As set out in the answer of 20 March 2026 to Question 120026, there is currently no definitive empirical study that isolates the specific, UK‑wide impact of the UK GDPR on produ...

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