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Publication - Impact assessment

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) system in Tier 4 of the Agricultural Reform Programme: Data protection impact assessment

Published
21 September 2026
From
Minister for Agriculture, Marine and the Islands, +3 more … Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Rural Affairs, Director of Agriculture and Rural Economy, Director-General Net Zero
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic
Farming and rural, Work and skills
ISBN
9781807755348

Data protection impact assessment to accompany consultation on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in Tier 4 of the Agricultural Reform Programme. Tier 4 focuses on people and professional development. This includes skills, knowledge transfer, training, advisory services, and business support.

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12. Authorisation and publication

The DPIA report should be signed by your information asset owner (IAO). The IAO will be the Deputy Director or Head of Division.

  • Before signing the DPIA report, an IAO should ensure that she/he is satisfied that the impact assessment is robust, has addressed all the relevant issues and that appropriate actions have been taken.
  • By signing the DPIA report, the IAO is confirming that the impact of applying the policy/undertaking the project or initiative etc. has been sufficiently assessed against the risk to individuals’ rights and freedoms.
  • The results of the impact assessment must be published in the eRDM with the phrase “DPIA report” and the name of the project or initiative in the title.
  • Details of any relevant information asset must be added to the Information Asset Register, with a note that a DPIA has been conducted.

I confirm that the impact of (undertaking the consultation on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in Tier 4 of the Agricultural Reform Programme has been sufficiently assessed against the rights of the data subjects (people):

Name and job title of a IAO or equivalent

John Kerr, Deputy Director, Agriculture Policy Division, 1 September 2026

Contact

Email: Tier4ARP@gov.scot

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