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Information Commissioner's Office: Wilmslow

Asked by Esther McVeyConservativeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 10 July 2025UIN 64427

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 58982 on Information Commissioner's Office: Wilmslow, if he will publish the Information Commissioner’s Office's commercial analysis of the locations it considered.

Answered by Chris Bryant

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) decision to relocate was approved by the Cabinet Office with no formal role for DSIT. Any request for further information about this project, including any plans to publish their commercial analysis, should be addressed directly to the ICO.

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