Question follow-through · 123740

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contractual safeguards and sanctions are contained within the Federated Data Platform (FDP) agreement to address any breach of data protection obligations by the contracted technology provider

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
13 Apr 2026
Answer
21 Apr 2026 · 27 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contractual safeguards and sanctions are contained within the Federated Data Platform (FDP) agreement to address any breach of data protection obligations by the contracted technology provider

  2. 13 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) is built with robust security and privacy controls to ensure that access to National Health Service data is tightly governed and independently auditable.The NHS FDP Information Governance Framework clearly lays ou...

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