§ Lord Morris of Castle Morrisasked Her Majesty's Government:
What additional projects are planned for the Performance and Innovation Unit. [HL3906]
§ The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Jay of Paddington)The Prime Minister has asked the Performance and Innovation Unit to undertake a further project looking at privacy and data-sharing issues in the delivery of government services.
Privacy and the protection of personal information has increased in importance with developments in IT. Data-sharing is a key to modernising government, to facilitating seamless electronic delivery of government services, to reducing fraud against government and to encouraging e-commerce. This project will analyse a broad range of issues involved in privacy and data-sharing, including current government, private sector and international practices; structural and technological issues; public concerns; and the current legal parameters. The Performance and Innovation Unit aims to complete a report by early next year.
My noble and learned friend Lord Falconer of Thoroton is the sponsor Minister.