Financial implications of the Act
The Act will require expenditure to fund the office of the National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care in order that it can undertake its statutory functions. The Department of Health has estimated that these costs will be approximately £700,000 per annum.
	The Act may result in some implementation costs for the bodies and individuals required to have regard to the Data Guardian’s published guidance, in that they will need to review and assess the relevance of the guidance.