Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what arrangements are in place to ensure continuity of service and the transfer of knowledge, systems and operational capability to an alternative supplier if the Palantir contract is terminated or not extended.

I refer the Hon Member to the published details regarding the NHS Federated Data Platform contract available on the Contract Finder website and explained at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/nhs-federated-data-platform/security-privacy/contract-explainer/

As a general rule, the Government does not respond to hypothetical scenarios regarding existing contractual arrangements.