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Abortion

Asked by Andrew GeorgeLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 11 June 2026UIN 1871

The 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.

Answered by Mrs Sharon Hodgson

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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