Consultation outcome

Data protection fee regime: proposed changes

From:: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Information Commissioner's Office
Published: 29 August 2024
Last updated: 16 January 2025 — See all updates

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Data protection fee regime: government response

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Detail of outcome

The government response sets out the views of respondents to this consultation in the following areas:

the proposal to increase the current fees payable by data controllers to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) by 37.2% across all tiers.
the continued suitability of other aspects of the data protection fee regime, namely the criteria for determining fees payable, the discount for Direct Debit payment and the current exemptions from the requirement to pay a fee.

Detail of feedback received

We received a total of 103 responses. 93 of these were submitted via Qualtrics, the online survey platform used to conduct the survey, and 10 responses were received via email.

Responses were shared by a range of different interested parties, including:

private sector and public sector
self-employed individuals
civil society and voluntary, community and social enterprise sector
charities
other members of the public

Original consultation

Consultation description

This consultation is seeking views on the government’s proposals to amend the data protection fees that are payable by data controllers to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

The proposals aim to secure the financial resources required to support the ICO in fulfilling its functions under data protection legislation, including the:

provision of guidance
advice and support to organisations to enable compliance with data protection obligations
and to achieve full cost recovery in line with HM Treasury’s principles on Managing Public Money.

We welcome responses from interested individuals and organisations from across the UK. Given the focus of the consultation, we consider it to have particular relevance to:

data controllers, including individuals and organisations across the private, public and the Civil Society and Voluntary
community and social enterprise sectors, who are currently paying or expect to be required to pay a data protection fee in the future.

We recommend that you read the full consultation document before completing your response. Following this consultation, we will carefully consider views and evidence, which will inform our response.

Read our consultation privacy notice.

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