Written question asked by Andrew George (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 18 May 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 May 2026. It was answered by Sharon Hodgson (Labour) on Thursday, 11 June 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Abortion

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the risks associated with making identifiable abortion notification data available within a data-lake environment.

Answer: The solution is being designed following UK Government guidance for building and managing digital services, including but not limited to Government Digital Service standards, the National Cyber Security Centre Cyber Assessment Framework, and Departmental data protection policies. By following this approach, the Department is identifying, recording, escalating, and/or mitigating risks to ensure identifiable data is being stored, accessed, and managed in-line with standards outlined above.

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