Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times the ethics advisory board for the covid-19 Tracking App has met to date; who attended each of those meetings; and if he will publish the minutes of those meetings.

The Ethics Advisory Board (EAB) has been meeting weekly since Thursday 2 April and has met five times to date. A list of members is published at the following link:

https://www.nhsx.nhs.uk/covid-19-response/nhs-covid-19-app/members-ethics-advisory-board/

As well as board members, meetings are attended by a secretariat and the EAB may also invite expert stakeholders to attend. The Board’s Terms of Reference allow for agreed minutes to be made publicly available.