Question follow-through · 110319
Ministry of Defence: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Palantir system for managing his Department's data could be unilaterally shut down by Palantir without the Government’s consent.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 3 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 11 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Ministry of Defence: Palantir · 23 Feb 2026
- Ministry of Defence: Palantir · 24 Feb 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Palantir system for managing his Department's data could be unilaterally shut down by Palantir without the Government’s consent.
5 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has put in place extensive data security and protection measures to ensure that UK Defence information is appropriately managed. All UK Defence Data used and developed within Palantir software remains sovereign and under the ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Ministry of Defence: Palantir
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