Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 19 September (HL10083), whether they intend to direct NHS England to change the name of the Advisory Group for Data to avoid confusion with the National Data Advisory Group.

Following discussion at the National Data Advisory Group in March, the Department raised with NHS England the possibility of changing the name of the interim Advisory Group for Data. There are no plans to direct NHS England to change the name.