NHS: Databases
Commons · Question 123740 · Tabled 25 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Question
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...