Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Data Protection
Question
Stephanie Peacock
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure of 14 June 2023 at Topical Questions, T7, Official Report, column 286, what plans her Department has to (a) utilise the provisions in Part 3 of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill and (b) use smart data in new sectors.
Answer
Sir John WhittingdaleThere is exciting potential to explore Smart Data in further sectors, beyond Open Banking. Government, regulators and industry experts are working together via the Smart Data Council to ensure that the UK continues to be at the forefront of developments in this space.
The Smart Data Council was launched in April 2023, for regulators and government to coordinate future schemes and collaborate with industry. A Smart Data Challenge Prize is in development, which will aim to encourage innovation by identifying and developing cross-sector use cases.