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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the capability of UK businesses to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 by May 2018, and of the level of awareness of that Regulation.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is working closely with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) during this transitional period. The ICO is responsible for providing guidance and advice to individuals and organisations on, amongst other things, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The ICO has issued the attached guidance on its website on how best business prepare for the GDPR. (This is available at: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-reform/guidance-what-to-expect-and-when/)