Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 72237

Subject Access Requests

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help improve enforcement where employers (a) delay and (b) withhold data in response to subject access requests.

Answer

Ian Murray

The ICO can and does take action against organisations, as a result of people’s complaints about their right of access to personal data. Information about the ICO’s enforcement action is available at: https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/.A requester may ...

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