Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they sought legal advice on the data sharing agreement on migrants' information that was signed in January between the Home Office, Department of Health and NHS England; if so, whether that advice covered the requirements of, and compatibility with, current and future data protection legislation; on what date they received that advice; and what assessment they have made of the data protection implications of that agreement.

Any legal advice provided to HMG during the development of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) would be subject to legal professional privilege. The MOU is subject to ongoing litigation and it would not be appropriate to comment further.