Forwarding: Tomorrow Parliament is discussing the Palantir NHS contract please can people send this legal letter to mps. For people who want a letter that creates a formal paper trail. This cites specific law. MPs and ministers cannot legally ignore legal questions put in writing — they must respond.
Subject: Palantir - Request for Urgent Ministerial Action
Dear [MP name],
I am writing as your constituent to raise serious concerns about the NHS Federated Data Platform contract held by Palantir Technologies UK Ltd, and to request that you raise these concerns formally with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
The Contract
In February 2023, NHS England signed a seven-year contract with Palantir Technologies UK Ltd worth £330 million, covering the Federated Data Platform — a system connecting patient data across NHS trusts. The contract contains a break clause exercisable in February 2027.
I am asking you to call on the Secretary of State to exercise that break clause.
Legal Concerns 1. US Cloud Act jurisdiction* Palantir is a US-incorporated company subject to the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act 2018 (the "Cloud Act"). Under 18 U.S.C. § 2713, US authorities may compel Palantir to disclose data stored anywhere in the world, including on UK servers, without the consent or knowledge of the UK government or the relevant data subjects. NHS patient data falls within the definition of special category data under Article 9 of the UK GDPR and Schedule 1 of the Data Protection Act 2018. The processing of special category health data by a company subject to extraterritorial US jurisdiction creates a structural conflict with the UK's data protection obligations that cannot be resolved by contractual clauses alone.
The Information Commissioner's Office has not published a specific adequacy assessment of this conflict in the context of the FDP contract. I am asking you to request that such an assessment be produced before the break clause deadline.
2. Procurement law
The High Court found in January 2022 (Good Law Project v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care EWHC 46 QB) that the Secretary of State had acted unlawfully in awarding pandemic-era contracts — including early Palantir contracts — without proper competitive process, in breach of Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The FDP contract was procured under a process subject to legal challenge. The Procurement Act 2023 now requires enhanced transparency and audit rights for major public contracts.
I am asking you to request a full independent audit of the FDP procurement process under the Procurement Act 2023.
3. Conflicts of interest
Public records show that Peter Mandelson — at the time holding a financial stake in Global Counsel, which listed Palantir as a client — participated in arranging a visit by the then-Leader of the Opposition to Palantir's headquarters in October 2024. Mandelson was subsequently appointed UK Ambassador to the United States.
I am asking you to request that the Cabinet Office publish a full account of the Ministerial Code compliance process relating to this appointment, and whether a conflict of interest assessment was conducted in relation to Global Counsel's Palantir advisory relationship.
What I Am Asking You to Do
1. Table a written parliamentary question asking the Secretary of State whether the government intends to exercise the February 2027 break clause in the Palantir FDP contract, and if not, why not. 2. Write to the Secretary of State requesting an independent data protection impact assessment of the FDP contract's compatibility with UK GDPR Article 9, conducted before February 2027. 3. Raise on the floor of the House the conflict of interest concerns relating to Peter Mandelson's role and the Global Counsel-Palantir relationship.
Evidence
- Good Law Project v Secretary of State for Health EWHC 46 QB — full judgment available at [bailii.org](https://bailii.org/) - UK GDPR Article 9 and Data Protection Act 2018 Schedule 1 — [legislation.gov.uk](http://legislation.gov.uk/) - Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act 2018 (US), 18 U.S.C. § 2713 - Procurement Act 2023 — [legislation.gov.uk](http://legislation.gov.uk/) - Amnesty International Annual Report 2025 — formal finding of "grave professional misconduct" against Palantir - UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, June 2025 report naming Palantir - Electoral Commission donation records — Rashik Parmar / Lee Rowley MP, 2022 - Global Counsel lobbying register — Palantir listed as client at time of Mandelson's Labour advisory role
I look forward to your response within the standard 20 working days.
Yours sincerely,
**[Your name Your full address, including postcode]**
on April 19, 2026, 10:22 pm