Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Markham on 27 February 2023 (HL5458) and 14 March 2023 (HL5916), and following the completion of the Federated Data Platform and Associated Services procurement, whether they will now place in the Library of the House examples of (1) the YAML specifications, and (2) the Python code, mentioned.

NHS England will from time to time publish examples of specifications and code that are deemed useful to the wider community and industry, including where appropriate the sharing of code within the NHS GitHub. To ensure that NHS England is creating a vibrant marketplace for both end users and for industry, we aim to publish the Canonical Data Model structures and metadata in line with the Technology Code of Practice. NHS England has already published the General Practice Workforce Metrics repository in the NHS GitHub which provides example code already in use and for products which will transition to the Federated Data Platform and will review as the platform is implemented what further specifications and code should be published.