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NHS: Databases

Commons · Question 123740 · Tabled 25 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 21 Apr 2026

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Asked by Ian Byrne

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contractual safeguards and sanctions are contained within the Federated Data Platform (FDP) agreement to address any breach of data protection obligations by the contracted technology provider

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 21 Apr 2026

The NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) is built with robust security and privacy controls to ensure that access to National Health Service data is tightly governed and independently auditable.The NHS FDP Information Governance Framework clearly lays ou...