Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they are making to ensure that the UK–EU data adequacy decision is renewed before its expiration on 27 December.

The Government recognises the importance of our EU adequacy decisions and continues to engage with the European Commission to support their successful renewal, acknowledging that this is a unilateral process undertaken by the EU.

The Government welcomed the publication of the European Commission’s draft adequacy decisions in July, which conclude that the UK continues to provide an adequate level of data protection, and looks forward to the completion of the adoption process ahead of the 27 December deadline.