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 how many times confidential health records from the UK Biobank project have been removed from the internet (1) where UK Biobank requested that the researcher do so, and (2) where UK Biobank did so itself.


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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