Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether prescription data could be legally mined as part of the National Data Analytics Solution.

The National Data Analytics Solution project has received Police Transformation Fund support to deliver the foundations of a national data analytics capability to enable a more coordinated response to targeting crime and vulnerability by sharing data across participating police forces. Prescription data is not within the scope of the project.

The project will be evaluated after it completes in March 2019. This will enable an informed assessment of potential uses for the capability and consideration of any next steps and further applications, including due diligence for compliance with all relevant rules and regulations.