Schools: Data Protection

(asked on 16th January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional support and resources will be provided to maintained schools, free schools and academies to ensure that they are able to comply fully with the General Data Protection Regulation rules when those rules come into force in May.


Answered by
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Lord Agnew of Oulton
This question was answered on 30th January 2018

The Department for Education is working with a small network of school sector representatives to identify the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) related topics that schools face. These then form the basis of communications setting out GDPR preparation support within the context and language of the education sector.

In July, the former Secretary of State the right hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening) announced an additional £1.3 billion for schools over the next two years, so that total funding for the core schools budget will rise from almost £41 billion this year to £43.5 billion in 2019-20. This will mean that overall schools’ funding will be protected, in real terms per pupil, over the next two years. The introduction of the national funding formula, means that for the first time that total will be distributed based on the individual needs and characteristics of every school in the country. It is for each school to determine the use of the resources available to it, in order to raise the attainment of all its pupils, and to meet all its statutory responsibilities.

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