Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have opted out of the care.data scheme in each of the pathfinder areas.

July 2015 figures covering 61% of the care.data pathfinder general practitioner (GP) practices suggest that, across those practices, 1.8% of patients have registered a type 1 objection, to their identifiable data being shared outside their GP practice for purposes other than their direct care. Some practices have higher volumes of objections than others, but the majority fall within 0.5-2.5% range.