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 Tuesday, 9 June 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

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Abortion

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which sub-processors (a) have been and (b) are expected to be approved for the processing of HSA4 data under the relevant contract; whether that list will be made publicly available; and whether third parties will be granted access for purposes including research, analytics and artificial intelligence model training.

Answer

There are no sub-processors on the relevant contract to deliver a new Abortion Notification Service. We are not currently expecting to approve any sub-processors under this contract.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

1874

Session

2026-27

Subjects

Disclosure of information Data protection Abortion Doctors

Link

View this Written question on www.parliament.uk