Key information
Request reference number: MGLA240723-2413
Date of response:
Summary of request
Your request
- What is your data protection and information governance compliance budget for the financial years of 2023-24 and 2024-25?
- How much of the budget referred to in question 1 split between internal and external support for each financial year, if applicable?
- If your organisation outsources their data protection and information governance functions, which organisation or individual do you outsource it to?
- Does your organisation have any plans, requests, applications, or proposals to increase or decrease the budget referred to in question 1 in any of the following financial years: 2025-26, 2026-27?
- If the answer to question 4 is yes, by how much?
- If the answer to question 4 is yes, how much of the budget referred to in question 5 split between internal external support?
Our response
Please see our answers to each question in turn below:
- The budget for Information Governance (which incorporates data protection) for the financial year 2023-24 is £250,000. It relates solely to staffing for the Information Governance team. The budget for financial year 2024-25 is currently going through the budget process and is not yet finalised.
- Not applicable as all information governance function is internal within the GLA.
- Not applicable as the GLA does not outsource its information governance function.
- The GLA is unable to address questions 4-5 as we are mid budget setting for future years.
- See point 4 above.
- See point 4 above.
If you have any further questions relating to this matter, please contact us, quoting reference MGLA240723-2413.