NHS Scotland IT supplier Capgemini will sell its US subsidiary following backlash over its work with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The French firm has ongoing contracts with the Scottish government, including a £533,375 extension of a contract to overhaul NHS Scotland’s computing systems, signed in December 2025, with a total value exceeding £1.5 million.
However it faced criticism from French politicians after it was revealed that its US subsidiary, Capgemini Government Solutions (CGS), had signed a contract, worth up to £365m, to provide “skip tracing services for enforcement and removal operations” to ICE.
‘Skip tracing’ uses advanced software and digital forensics to locate people who are difficult to find.
Aiman Ezzat, chief executive at Capgemini, said on LinkedIn last week that the firm was “recently made aware, through public sources, of the nature of a contract” awarded to ICE in December 2025.
“I have been informed that the independent board of directors has already begun the process of reviewing the content and scope of this contract and CGS contracting procedures,” he added.
ICE been under increasing international scrutiny for its actions in Minnesota, including the fatal shooting of two US citizens: Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, and Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse.
Roland Lescure, French finance minister, said last week: “I urge Capgemini to shed light, in an extremely transparent manner, on its activities, on this policy, and undoubtedly to question the nature of these activities.
Following the criticism, Capgemini published a statement on 1 February 2026, announcing the launch of its divestiture of its subsidiary CGS.
“Capgemini determined that the customary legal restrictions imposed for contracting with federal government entities carrying out classified activities in the United States did not allow the group to exercise appropriate control over certain aspects of the operations of this subsidiary to ensure alignment with the group’s objectives.
“The divestiture process of this business will be initiated immediately. Capgemini Government Solutions represents 0.4% of the group’s global 2025 estimated revenue (less than 2% of its US revenue).”
Meanwhile, concerns have also been mounting over links between NHS federated data platform (FDP) supplier Palantir and ICE, with several protests taking place over the last few weeks.
The US firm, which has a £330m contract with NHS England to provide the FDP, has provided advanced data analytics software to ICE since 2011.
Earlier this month, Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party, delivered a letter to Palantir, telling the firm to “get the hell out of the NHS” and criticising its work with ICE, provision of technology to Israel in support of war-related missions and “track record around the world of surveillance and discriminatory use of data”.
A spokesperson for Palantir, told Digital Health News: “The Federated Data Platform is reducing the administrative burden on NHS professionals and improving patient care – including delivering an additional 80,000 operations and reducing delays to discharge by around 15 per cent.”
They added that although Palantir is “proud to support Israel”, the firm has “no involvement whatsoever in the so-called ‘Lavender’ and ‘Gospel’ targeting systems”.
