MPs should consider reopening a probe into a contentious public-private health data venture in the light of concerns raised by a senior official involved in the deal, the shadow health secretary said on Tuesday.

Andrew Lansley told the Financial Times he would write to the Commons public accounts committee and the Department of Health asking them to re-examine the circumstances around the resignation of Professor Denise Lievesley, former chief executive of the Information Centre, the National Health Service’s data factory.