Written questions

NHS: Databases

Commons · Question 60374 · Tabled 16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that NHS data handled by Palantir Technologies cannot be accessed or processed by non-UK government entities.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 1 Jul 2025

The NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) has been designed with stringent safeguards to ensure that patient data is protected in full compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.Access to National Heal...