Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 18 November 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason .xls files instead of .xlsx or non-Excel files are being used to transfer covid-19 test data.
A standardised Excel format was used for the purpose of transferring files securely between different parts of the system.
Yes1 person thinks so
No2 people think not
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