Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will provide an update on the procurement of Palantir as the preferred supplier of NHS England's Federated Data Platform.

The Federated Data Platform will be procured by NHS England via an open competition, in line with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The competition is open to all suppliers and will abide by all the core principles of the Regulations, including transparency, non-discrimination, equal treatment and proportionality. It is anticipated that the procurement will launch in September 2022. A preferred supplier will not be selected until the competition has completed.