Mr. Dale Sunderland:

The commissioner spoke on this recently as well. On a positive note, we have been on a significant upwards trajectory in recent years. We have reached almost 140 staff. The funding we will receive from the Exchequer for next year will allow us to increase to in the region of 170 staff. At the time we expressed our disappointment that we did not get everything we asked for, but we will make do but what we have. The story of resourcing the DPC must continue in the future. We are in the upper tier of best resourced data protection authorities but we are not at the very top, yet we carry the disproportionate burden of being the first line of defence for regulating the technology companies in Europe.

That story has not ended. The resourcing of the DPC must continue to be a focus in the years ahead.