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.
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.