Kirsty Blackman – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsty Blackman on 2016-01-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many data protection breaches there have been by HM Courts and Tribunals Service when dealing with non-devolved tribunals in Scotland since April 2013.

Mr Shailesh Vara

Below are the reported data incidents figures of non-devolved tribunals in Scotland since April 2013:

April 2013 – March 2014 64 reported incidents

April 2014 – March 2015 65 reported incidents

HMCTS staff are mandated to complete annual information assurance training, which includes actions to take in respect of a data protection breach or data incident.