Children: Data Protection
Commons · Question 97427 · Tabled 4 Dec 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Oliver Ryan
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Clause 4 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, if she will set out (a) what safeguards will be put in place to protect information shared under this clause against unauthorized access,
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 12 Dec 2025
Information sharing governance is crucial to Clause 4, and existing data protection requirements will apply. As is the case now, misuse of personally identifiable information is guarded against via governance processes that are the responsibility of data ...