Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of managing patient data, whether he has made an assessment of the suitability of Palantir Technologies on running the contract for the NHS Federated Data Platform; and if he will make statement.

NHS England is undertaking a fair and open process for the procurement of the Federated Data Platform. NHS England will issue a contract notice to inform the market and provide instructions for interested suppliers. For bidders to be invited to respond, NHS England’s selection questionnaire must be completed to allow identification of suitable suppliers.