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Written Question
Health Services: Kent
Tuesday 28th November 2023

Asked by: Damian Collins (Conservative - Folkestone and Hythe)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding her Department has allocated to (a) primary care in Folkestone and Hythe constituency, (b) East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust and (c) capital investment in the (i) William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, (ii) Royal Victoria Hospital in Folkestone and (iii) Buckland Hospital in Dover in each year since 2010.

Answered by Andrew Stephenson

We do not hold the requested information centrally.

The ‘Financial assistance under section 40 of the National Health Service Act 2006’ reports set out all funding that was provided to NHS trusts for each financial year and are published with the Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts. However, this does not itemise the funding at the individual hospital and site level. The reports are available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-financing-available-to-nhs-trusts-and-foundation-trusts


Written Question
NHS: Amazon
Tuesday 26th January 2021

Asked by: Damian Collins (Conservative - Folkestone and Hythe)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what liability Amazon has in its data storage contracts with the NHS for loss of data or data breaches; and what the range of legal and financial liabilities is in contracts his Department has with other data storage suppliers.

Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

As between the parties, the Government retains legal responsibility for any data breaches or loss of data under its contract with Amazon for data storage.

This is the main data storage contract for NHS Test and Trace. Any other data storage is acquired using Government frameworks which set out standard positions in relation to legal and financial remedies.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jan 2021
Vaccine Roll-out

"Yesterday I visited the vaccination hubs at the civic centre in Folkestone and at Lydd airport, which along with the Oaklands surgery in Hythe are doing a great job in vaccinating the local community. Does my right hon. Friend agree that in Kent we also need to see the mass …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Dec 2020
Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out

"It is obviously excellent news that the vaccine has been rolled out today. I was delighted to see that my constituent, Kenneth Lamb from New Romney, was the first patient to receive the vaccine at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford. Does the Secretary of State agree that it is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Nov 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on tackling anti-vaccination disinformation online; and if he will make a statement. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Nov 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"It is obviously tremendous news that a vaccine will be available and that the people in the UK may be among some of the first in the world to receive it, but it is important that there is public confidence in the vaccine. The anti-vaccine movement is damaging: it is …..."
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Written Question
Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
Monday 12th October 2020

Asked by: Damian Collins (Conservative - Folkestone and Hythe)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Named Day Question 88292, due for Answer on 15 September 2020.

Answered by Nadine Dorries

We take parliamentary scrutiny incredibly seriously and it is fundamentally important that hon. Members are provided with accurate and timely information to enable them to hold Government to account. We are working rapidly to provide all hon. Members with accurate answers to their questions, as well as supporting the Government’s response to the unprecedented challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The hon. Member’s questions will be answered as soon as possible.


Written Question
Palantir: Contracts
Tuesday 16th June 2020

Asked by: Damian Collins (Conservative - Folkestone and Hythe)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June to Question 48387, for what reason the contract between NHS England and Palantir relating to the NHS data store has not yet been published.

Answered by Nadine Dorries

The contract was released on 5 June 2020 and will be formally published in due course.


Written Question
Palantir: Contracts
Tuesday 2nd June 2020

Asked by: Damian Collins (Conservative - Folkestone and Hythe)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the terms of reference of the (a) current and (b) former contracts between his Department or it's executive agencies and (i) Palantir and (ii) connected or subsidiary businesses of Palantir.

Answered by Nadine Dorries

NHS England will be publishing the contract for the NHS Data Store with Palantir in due course.


Written Question
Palantir: Data Protection
Tuesday 2nd June 2020

Asked by: Damian Collins (Conservative - Folkestone and Hythe)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data has been made available by his Department to Palantir in relation to that company's contract with the NHS; and (a) where and (b) by whom that data is processed.

Answered by Nadine Dorries

NHS England is the data controller for data processed in the NHS Data Store. Palantir is engaged by NHS England under contract as a data processor. As a data processor, the organisation only processes data under instruction from NHS England.

The NHS Data Store data list is found at the following link:

https://data.england.nhs.uk/covid-19/.

Data is Processed on the Foundry Platform which is hosted in the UK Region of Amazon Web Services.