Information Commissioner’s Office: Standards
Commons · Question 6135 · Tabled 2 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Maya Ellis
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times for complaints and enquiries to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Answer
Answered by Ian Murray, 10 Jun 2026
While DSIT acts as the ICO’s sponsor department within government, it is an independent regulator and accountable to Parliament.To address their backlog, the ICO has introduced a new data protection complaints framework that sets out how it assesses and p...