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Written question asked by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 March 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 March 2021. It was answered by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Tuesday, 27 April 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Coronavirus: Databases

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what are the proposed annual running costs for the contracts awarded to BAE Systems and Palantir Technology for the creation of covid-19 databases.

Answer

The Department will publish audited annual accounts later this year on Test and Trace programme costs. The BAE Systems contract award notices are now published on Contracts Finder and can be found at the following links:

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/34171774-d3db-42e8-ae21-f74294a38df5

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9dc8a091-62f9-46ea-acdf-733c913583b8

The value for each respective contract was £2.4 million and £4.3 million.

The Palantir Technology contract award notice is now published on Contracts Finder and can be found at the following link:

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6d586696-365e-43f0-af63-1e3c0af32e41

The contract value was £908,000.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
170796
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Databases Cost effectiveness Disease control NHS BAE Systems Coronavirus Palantir
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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