Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential economic effect of the absence of a data adequacy agreement with the EU when the UK leaves the EU; and if she will make a statement.

As part of the Government’s EU exit negotiations, we are committed to securing a deal on continued free flows of data between the EU and the UK, which provides for ongoing stability and certainty for both businesses, public authorities and individuals. The Government has recently published a paper outlining its vision for a future partnership on the exchange and protection of personal data with the EU. That paper can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/639853/The_exchange_and_protection_of_personal_data.pdf