Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) education technology service providers and (2) education technology solutions the Information Commissioner's Office has audited in the past five years; and what plans they have to make the findings available to the public.

I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave on 4^th December to Question UIN HL2699. The ICO continue to proactively audit the use of personal data in the edtech sector where evidence supports it. The ICO have audited 10 EdTech service providers, with confirmed plans to audit a further seven, as well as planning to request further information from other providers to support their audit findings.

In respect to the second part of his question, common findings and examples are anonymised and will be published after all audits with service providers are completed. Publication decisions on individual audit findings attributed to named service providers is decided on a case-by-case basis, generally with their consent.