Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will submit for Parliamentary approval his preferred candidate organisation to be awarded the NHS Federated Data Platform contract.

The approval process for the Federated Data Platform Full Business Case, which will include details of the preferred supplier, will follow the standard process for approval via the following Government Departments ahead of contract award:

- Department of Health and Social Care;

- Cabinet Office; and

- HM Treasury.

Parliamentary approval will not be required ahead of contract award. Details of the contract award will be published online.