UK Biobank: Data Protection

(asked on 19th March 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of UK Biobank participants being identified from information exposed online, whether through (1) the inclusion of their names and addresses or (2) through cross-referencing and the use of AI tools.


Answered by
Baroness Merron Portrait
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 29th April 2026

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

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