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NHS: Databases

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 183722, tabled on 3 May 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Federated Data Platform will ensure that all patient data is (a) held within the UK and (b) is subject to UK data protection law including the General Data Protection Regulation.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answered on

25 May 2023

The Federated Data Platform and Associated Services contract will stipulate that all data must be held within the United Kingdom and is subject to UK Data Protection Law including the General Data Protection Regulation.

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