Source · Select Committees · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Recommendation 7
7
Deferred
Paragraph: 47
Review exclusion of health and social care data from Digital Economy Act 2017.
Recommendation
While time in this Parliament now runs short, we recommend that the next Government review the exclusion of health and social care data from the Digital Economy Act 2017. There are understandable sensitivities around the sharing of health data, but it may be that the implementation of research provisions over the last seven years, and the work that has taken place in the context of the Caldicott review, offer a helpful new basis for discussion concerning their possible inclusion.
Government Response Summary
The Government accepts the recommendation but states that HM Treasury would consider findings of any future reports from the UKSA (subject to responses to other recommendations) to inform funding decisions related to public evidence, rather than directly committing to review the Digital Economy Act's exclusion of health and social care data.
Paragraph Reference:
47
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
The Government accepts the Committee’s recommendation. HM Treasury makes use of a wide range of evidence when conducting Spending Reviews. Subject to the UKSA’s response to recommendations 5 and 6, HM Treasury would consider findings of any future reports to inform decisions around funding for activity relating to the collection, analysis and communication of public evidence.