Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] on legal professional privilege, in the context of Information Commissioner powers to review documents covered by legal professional privilege.

An assessment of the impact of all of the measures contained in the Bill, including legal professional privilege, was published [on the 24^th October] Parliament website at: https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/56548/documents/5221 [prior to Second Reading in the Lords].

The Government has no plans to carry out any further assessments of the impact of LPP, (on the Information Commissioner or any other body).