Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care
39 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0EU
www.gov.uk/dhsc
Mr Joseph Lloyd
By email to
: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
10 February 2023
Dear Mr Lloyd
,
Freedom of Information Request Reference FOI-1435355
Thank you for your request dated 24 January to the Department of Health and Social Care
(DHSC), a copy of which can be found in the accompanying annex.
Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
DHSC holds the information you have requested.
The FOI disclosure you refer to was sent on 16 January 2023 (our ref: FOI-1350473), and
a copy of that response is attached.
Please note that names and contact details have been redacted from the attached
response under section 40(2) of the FOIA (personal information). Section 40 prohibits a
public body from disclosing personally identifiable information, as doing so would
contravene data protection principles.
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Freedom of Information Team
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
Annex
From: Joseph Lloyd xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Sent: 24 January 2023 19:33
To: FreedomofInformation xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Palantir provided to the Daily Mirror
Dear Department of Health and Social Care,
I wish to see all information provided to the Daily Mirror under the FOI act regarding
communications with Palantir Technologies Inc referenced in this article:
https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirror.co.uk%2
Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Femails-show-hancock-held-talks-
29015256data=05%7C01%7Cdhmail%40dhsc.gov.uk%7Caca9d88b350a4505283f08dafe
bb8e75%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638102378767766319
%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik
1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7Csdata=RYSMdtXa5NE2xiGhUQoY83
N2t%2BQieo9O91EiXsCEnQQ%3Dreserved=0
Yours faithfully,
Joseph Lloyd