Written question asked by Lord Freyberg (Crossbench) on Thursday, 5 September 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 September 2019. It was answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative) on Monday, 9 September 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Department of Health and Social Care: Databases

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many reports have been commissioned in the last three years on the value or curation of data controlled or generated by (1) the National Health Service, (2) the Department of Health and Social Care, and (3) arms-length bodies of that department; which departments commissioned those reports; when those reports were completed or are due to be completed; which organisations produced those reports; what was the cost of each of those reports; what are the titles of those reports; and whether those reports are in the public domain.

Answer: The information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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