Written question asked by Lord Kamall (Conservative) on Monday, 12 January 2026, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 January 2026. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Thursday, 22 January 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

NHS England: Databases

Question: To ask His Majesty's Government which use cases or purposes are currently active in the national instances of the NHS England Federated Data Platform; and what is the number of users currently able to access each purpose, as defined by Palantir on 4 December 2020, Purpose-based Access Controls at Palantir.

Answer

The NHS Federated Data Platform, including the national instance, provides trusts and integrated care boards with a set of core capabilities and nationally commissioned locally developed products to support five key National Health Service priorities:

- Population Health and Person Insight;

- Care Coordination;

- Supply Chain;

- Vaccination and Immunisation; and

- Elective Recovery.

There are currently 28,732 active accounts on the Federated Data Platform's National tenant, and access to data is managed by dataset and product-specific access controls. This figure does not include the number of accounts across local tenants.

The information on the number of users currently able to access each purpose is not routinely collected, as user stats are aligned to products.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: HL13477
Session: 2024-26
Subjects: Databases NHS England Palantir
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

NHS England: Databases

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