Department of Health and Social Care: Databases

(asked on 23rd April 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the Department of Health and Social Care's data is hosted (1) in the UK, and (2) overseas.


Answered by
Lord O'Shaughnessy Portrait
Lord O'Shaughnessy
This question was answered on 8th May 2018

Of the Department’s data, 99% is hosted in the United Kingdom and 1% is hosted overseas. Data hosted in the UK includes the data in:

- Shared drives;

- Servers;

- Microsoft Azure subscription;

- Electronic payslips system;

- Travel and accommodation booking system; and

- Collaboration tool, Kahootz.

Systems that host data overseas includes:

- Room booking system Matrix; and

- Intranet.

The percentages provided are only for services that are used by Departmental staff and does not include any of our arm’s length bodies and their data hosting.

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