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Written question asked by David Davis (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 March 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 March 2023 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 13 March 2023. A substantive answer was provided by Will Quince (Conservative) on Thursday, 23 March 2023 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


NHS Trusts: Databases

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money from the public purse has been spent on the faster data flows pilots of Palantir Foundry to date; and if he will provide a breakdown of (a) spending on individual trusts’ implementation costs and (b) payments made to (i) Palantir and (ii) consultants.

Answer

The spend-to-date on the Faster Flows programme is £0.51 million. There are no additional costs to implement within trusts as the programme uses their existing resources and digital infrastructures. £0.15 million has been paid to Palantir within the spend-to-date. There have been no payments to external consultants for this pilot as it has been possible to support this development using Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) teams within the National Health Service. The costs of the internal consultants within the CSU are £0.36 million.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
160182
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Databases Costs Expenditure Pilot schemes NHS trusts Palantir
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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