New Information Commission to start on 30 September



The UK government has today confirmed that the Information Commissioner’s Office, the ICO, will officially be replaced by the new Information Commission on 30 September.

A written statement from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Stephanie Peacock, to the House of Commons says that the government has made regulations commencing on 30th September that abolish the Information Commissioner’s Office and transfer all its regulatory and other functions to the new Information Commission.

In July, the government announced the appointment of seven new non-executive members to the Information Commission: Laurie Benson, Maggie Carver, Stephen Cohen, Sukhvinder Kaur-Stubbs, Gary Kildare, Hilary Newiss and Scott McPherson.

“Together with the interim Chief Executive, Paul Arnold, they will assume their roles on 30 September and lead the organisation into its next chapter.”

Recruitment for a new Chair of the Information Commission is ongoing.

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