Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 15340

Department for Business and Trade: Data Protection

Tabled: 2 July 2026

Answered: 10 July 2026

Question

Andy McDonald

Labour — Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his 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 r

Answer

Kate Dearden

Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) are automatically triggered within the Department's governance system where a processing activity involves the use of special category data, including health data or data relating to protected characteristics. Da...

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