Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 14700

Information Commissioner's Office: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 30 June 2026
Answered: 8 July 2026

Question

Alex Brewer

Liberal DemocratNorth East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Information Commissioner's Office's fee structure on small, self-employed data controllers such as registered childminders;

Answer

Ian Murray
The data protection fees fund the ICO's statutory responsibilities under data protection and privacy and electronic communications legislation. There are three levels of fee payable based on organisational size. Micro organisations, including sole traders...

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