describing the situation as a data ‘logjam’. However, after weeks of complaints from local authorities the information is still not being shared even now, despite the government repeatedly suggesting that it is available to councils via Public Health England.Senior officials and politicians here say that they have ‘no idea’ why, although some believe it could be that the data itself is not of sufficient quality.Others speculate that the problem lies with data protection rules.The missing information means they are only able to analyse data from tests carried out directly by councils or NHS trusts, which are processed in Public Health England labs at Manchester Royal Infirmary and the Royal Oldham.Any tests carried out by the private sector,.