Data Adequacy Status: EU Data Protection Standards Debate
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Lord Howell of Guildford
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Data Adequacy Status: EU Data Protection Standards
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Lord Howell of Guildford (Con)
My Lords, when it comes to data adequacy, the Government are, of course, aware of a report from the UK Statistics Authority that said:
“Quality problems have manifested into published errors, delays, and de-accreditation of official statistics”.
That is pretty damning stuff. Can the Minister tell us what is going to be done now to improve the situation? Flying blind is surely really rather dangerous in the present world circumstances, particularly for this Government.
Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab)
I thank the noble Lord for his question. I think about the adequacy of the Office for National Statistics and some of the information that it provides, which we all rely on. In terms of the particular programme of enhancement, I shall need to come back to him on that point to set out what is being done in that area.