Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 60619

NHS: Databases

Tabled: 17 June 2025

Answered: 1 July 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the security implications of awarding NHS data management contracts to (a) Palantir Technologies Inc. and (b) other companies with significant overseas (i) defence an

Answer

Karin Smyth

In awarding the contract for the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP), NHS England made an assessment of the cyber risk and the protections offered by each bidder. The FDP has extensive security arrangements in place to manage cyber risk, including: strong n...

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