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FOI - Data protection and information governance compliance [Jul 2023]

Key information

Request reference number: MGLA240723-2413

Date of response:

Summary of request

Your request

  1. What is your data protection and information governance compliance budget for the financial years of 2023-24 and 2024-25?
  2. How much of the budget referred to in question 1 split between internal and external support for each financial year, if applicable?
  3. If your organisation outsources their data protection and information governance functions, which organisation or individual do you outsource it to?
  4. 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?
  5. If the answer to question 4 is yes, by how much?
  6. 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:

  1. 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.
  2. Not applicable as all information governance function is internal within the GLA.
  3. Not applicable as the GLA does not outsource its information governance function.
  4. The GLA is unable to address questions 4-5 as we are mid budget setting for future years.
  5. See point 4 above.
  6. See point 4 above.

If you have any further questions relating to this matter, please contact us, quoting reference MGLA240723-2413.

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