Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of ending the NHS' Federated Data Platform contract with Palantir.

The current contract for the NHS Federated Data Platform is for seven years, ending in 2031, with the initial term ending March 2027.

Advice is given regularly on the contract and performance, and ministers have been given advice on the need for a decision this year on the extension of the contract in line with standard contract management processes.

We continuously assess performance against the contract, and performance of the programme as a whole, and publish data on uptake and benefits each quarter.