Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 81380

Medical Records: Data Protection

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Kim Johnson

LabourLiverpool Riverside

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to safeguard patient data under NHS contracts with (a) Palantir and (b) other private sector data collectors.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The National Health Service operates to the highest standards of data security, and all organisations have governance arrangements in place to ensure the safe, legal storage and use of data. The NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) is built with robust secur...

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