Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish maps of the (a) properties and (b) land purchased by HS2 Ltd for Phase 2a of the HS2 project.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The ownership of properties by the Secretary of State for Transport is is a matter of public record and available through the Land Registry.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received legal advice on the potential for using the UK passport database for the (a) prevention and (b) detection of crime.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The sharing of passport data with law enforcement agencies for the purpose of preventing and detecting crime is longstanding, and is provided for within His Majesty’s Passport Office’s Privacy Information Notice: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpo-privacy-information-notice#full-publication-update-history
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on the storage by police of custody images of people who have not been convicted of the judgment in RMC and FJ v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWHC 1681 (Admin).
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
It is police forces’ responsibility to comply with the judgment.
Since the judgment those not convicted of an offence have the right to request deletion of their custody image, with a presumption in favour, and the police have issued guidance for people in custody setting out those rights.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many custody images of people who have not been convicted of a crime are stored in the Police National Database.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Police National Database (PND) hold custody records, including facial images, that are a copy of custody records held by forces. It does not process these records and has no mechanism to identify which custody records progressed to conviction or ‘No Further Action’ on the local force system as it does not hold information of how offences are subsequently disposed (this information resides on PNC, but not PND).
College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice sets our the basis upon which Police Forces retain custody images, which individual Forces then apply locally.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to use data in the UK passport database for the (a) prevention and b) detection of crime.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The sharing of passport data with law enforcement agencies for the purpose of preventing and detecting crime is longstanding, and is provided for within His Majesty’s Passport Office’s Privacy Information Notice: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpo-privacy-information-notice#full-publication-update-history
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2023 to Question 160180 on NHS Trusts: Databases, whether any of the Trusts that had (a) paused and (b) suspended pilots of Palantir Foundry have (i) resumed and (ii) restarted their pilots since 23 March 2023.
Answered by Will Quince
There are currently two main Foundry pilots delivering benefits to trusts, namely the Improving Elective Care Coordination for Patients (IECCP) Programme which supports trusts to effectively deliver care through the implementation of the Care Coordination Solution (CCS); and the Dynamic Discharge programme to support effective hospital discharge.
The table below shows those trusts that are listed as either pausing or suspending these pilots in March 2023 and gives the reason why for each:
Trust | IECCP solution | Dynamic Discharge solution |
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Paused due to upgrade of supporting systems within the Trust; due to restart once upgrades are complete. |
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Declined offer following discussions as existing system provided current capabilities. |
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Paused temporarily due to impact of strike action within Trust. |
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Trust chose to address internal process change before participating in a digital transformation programme. |
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Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Paused whilst work is completed to enable Dynamic Discharge module. |
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Paused due to operational pressures. |
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Foundation Trust | Trust chose to address internal process change before participating in a digital transformation programme. |
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University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust |
| Paused due to other programmes of work within their IT department. |
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust |
| Paused due to operational pressures, strike action and a recent EPR upgrade. |
Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital | Following discussions, it was agreed that the pilot products were not designed to address the Trust’s particular issues. |
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University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust | The Trust made the decision not to participate in the programme based on lack of capacity of Trust resources to engage with the programme. |
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Notes:
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust;
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust;
- Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; and
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust.
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust; and
- Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2023 to Question 160180 on NHS Trusts: Databases, for what reason each NHS Trust paused or suspended pilots of Palantir Foundry.
Answered by Will Quince
There are currently two main Foundry pilots delivering benefits to trusts, namely the Improving Elective Care Coordination for Patients (IECCP) Programme which supports trusts to effectively deliver care through the implementation of the Care Coordination Solution (CCS); and the Dynamic Discharge programme to support effective hospital discharge.
The table below shows those trusts that are listed as either pausing or suspending these pilots in March 2023 and gives the reason why for each:
Trust | IECCP solution | Dynamic Discharge solution |
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Paused due to upgrade of supporting systems within the Trust; due to restart once upgrades are complete. |
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Declined offer following discussions as existing system provided current capabilities. |
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Paused temporarily due to impact of strike action within Trust. |
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Trust chose to address internal process change before participating in a digital transformation programme. |
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Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Paused whilst work is completed to enable Dynamic Discharge module. |
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Paused due to operational pressures. |
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Foundation Trust | Trust chose to address internal process change before participating in a digital transformation programme. |
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University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust |
| Paused due to other programmes of work within their IT department. |
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust |
| Paused due to operational pressures, strike action and a recent EPR upgrade. |
Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital | Following discussions, it was agreed that the pilot products were not designed to address the Trust’s particular issues. |
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University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust | The Trust made the decision not to participate in the programme based on lack of capacity of Trust resources to engage with the programme. |
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Notes:
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust;
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust;
- Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; and
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust.
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust; and
- Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, If he will make it his policy to provide consular support to British nationals detained in North East Syria.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The FCDO continues to advise against all travel to Syria. The Embassy closed in 2012 and therefore we have no consular presence within Syria.
This makes it extremely challenging to provide direct help to British nationals located there. But we carefully consider every request for consular assistance on a case-by-case basis, taking into account all relevant circumstances.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential (a) security and (b) other effects of the merger between Three and Vodafone on (i) his Department's and (ii) his Department's agencies and bodies' contracts with Vodafone.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
As an open economy, this Government welcomes and encourages investment where it supports the Prime Minister’s goal of boosting UK growth and jobs, meets our stringent legal and regulatory requirements, and does not compromise our national security. The Government has robust powers under the National Security & Investment Act, which it introduced, to block or impose remedies on transactions that pose a national security risk.
As you will appreciate, we cannot comment on specific acquisitions nor the applicability of the National Security and Investment regime.
It is the responsibility of Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to assess the impact on consumers and competition in the market, with input from sectoral regulators.
The Investment Security Unit works closely with the Competition and Markets Authority on cases that are being considered for both national security and competition reasons. A memorandum of understanding has been agreed between the Investment Security Unit and the CMA to assist joint working: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/operation-of-the-national-security-and-investment-act-2021-memorandum-of-understanding/mou-between-beis-and-the-cma-on-the-operation-of-the-national-security-and-investment-act-2021.
The Ministry of Justice does not believe that there will be any effects on the current contracts that it has with Vodafone.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether online content flagged for removal by the Counter Disinformation Unit can include lawful expression.
Answered by Paul Scully
Preserving freedom of expression is an extremely important principle underpinning the Counter Disinformation Unit’s (CDU) work. The CDU does not monitor political debate and the CDU does not refer any content from journalists, politicians or political parties to social media platforms.
The CDU works closely with the major social media platforms to understand their terms of service and to encourage them to promote authoritative sources of information.
Where the unit encounters content which poses a demonstrable risk to public health, safety or national security and is assessed to breach the platform’s terms of service, content may be referred to the platform concerned for their consideration.
No action is mandated by the Government and it is up to the platform to independently decide whether or not to take any action in line with their terms of service.
A fact sheet providing further information on the work of the CDU can be found here.