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Department for Transport Data Storage and Use

Given that the lapse was on the part of a private contractor, Pearson, given that the Secretary of State's Department allows data out to other private contractors—most notably those who run private car parks who want to identify and pursue people who have parked for too long at, say, a supermarket—and given the many problems now being experienced with Government data, is it not time to review the whole process of allowing Government data outside a Department so that we keep Government data within government and not use it for outside financial reasons?