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NHS: Databases

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 184102, tabled on 9 May 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking in the tendering process for the federated data platform contact to ensure that everyone working on the platform has an adequate level of security clearance.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answered on

23 May 2023

Security clearance checks will be undertaken for all staff as required once a preferred supplier has been identified for the Federated Data Platform, in line with standard practices.

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