Asked by: Connor Rand (Labour - Altrincham and Sale West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS GP surgeries have closed in each year since 2010; and how many new NHS GP surgeries have been built in each of those years.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department does not hold this information centrally.
Asked by: Connor Rand (Labour - Altrincham and Sale West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of new or redeveloped primary care facilities required following Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into the NHS.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The primary care estate is in mixed ownership between general practices (GPs), property companies, and integrated care boards (ICBs), and can be funded through a variety of routes. The Care Quality Commission regulates sites that provide National Health Services, including primary care facilities, with further information on their data available at the following link:
https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/transparency/using-cqc-data
Prior to 2016, new surgery premises were delivered either by GPs or by third parties. NHS England does not keep a register of the projects funded through these routes.
In the period 2016 to 2025, the upgrades programme delivered 90 new GP or primary care schemes, alongside several refurbishments and extensions of existing sites, at a cost of £996 million. For 2024 to 2025, the NHS Property Services and Community Health Partnership was given £15 million to adapt the existing estate, so that it could be used more intensively.
As a first step in response to the Darzi Report, in 2025/26 £102 million has been allocated for modernisation and improved utilisation in primary care. Capital budgets for 2026/27 onwards will be considered through Phase 2 of the Spending Review process and the launch of the 10-Year Health Plan in Spring 2025. This will give the necessary strategic direction and funding certainty as we shift to a Neighbourhood Health Service and treating patients closer to home. The following table shows the schemes, capital investment, and new facilities delivered from 2016 to 2025:
Scheme | Period | National capital investment | New facilities delivered |
GP or third-party developer | Before 2016 | N/A | N/A |
Primary care estates and IT | 2016 to 2020 | £800 million | 50 |
Local authority joint schemes | 2019 to 2025 | N/A | 30 |
Sustainability and transformation plan upgrades programme | 2020 to 2025 | £196 million | 10 |
Asked by: Connor Rand (Labour - Altrincham and Sale West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much capital funding has been allocated by Government for the development of new NHS primary care facilities in each year since 2010.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The primary care estate is in mixed ownership between general practices (GPs), property companies, and integrated care boards (ICBs), and can be funded through a variety of routes. The Care Quality Commission regulates sites that provide National Health Services, including primary care facilities, with further information on their data available at the following link:
https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/transparency/using-cqc-data
Prior to 2016, new surgery premises were delivered either by GPs or by third parties. NHS England does not keep a register of the projects funded through these routes.
In the period 2016 to 2025, the upgrades programme delivered 90 new GP or primary care schemes, alongside several refurbishments and extensions of existing sites, at a cost of £996 million. For 2024 to 2025, the NHS Property Services and Community Health Partnership was given £15 million to adapt the existing estate, so that it could be used more intensively.
As a first step in response to the Darzi Report, in 2025/26 £102 million has been allocated for modernisation and improved utilisation in primary care. Capital budgets for 2026/27 onwards will be considered through Phase 2 of the Spending Review process and the launch of the 10-Year Health Plan in Spring 2025. This will give the necessary strategic direction and funding certainty as we shift to a Neighbourhood Health Service and treating patients closer to home. The following table shows the schemes, capital investment, and new facilities delivered from 2016 to 2025:
Scheme | Period | National capital investment | New facilities delivered |
GP or third-party developer | Before 2016 | N/A | N/A |
Primary care estates and IT | 2016 to 2020 | £800 million | 50 |
Local authority joint schemes | 2019 to 2025 | N/A | 30 |
Sustainability and transformation plan upgrades programme | 2020 to 2025 | £196 million | 10 |
Asked by: Connor Rand (Labour - Altrincham and Sale West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new NHS primary care facilities have been built using central Government funding in each year since 2010.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The primary care estate is in mixed ownership between general practices (GPs), property companies, and integrated care boards (ICBs), and can be funded through a variety of routes. The Care Quality Commission regulates sites that provide National Health Services, including primary care facilities, with further information on their data available at the following link:
https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/transparency/using-cqc-data
Prior to 2016, new surgery premises were delivered either by GPs or by third parties. NHS England does not keep a register of the projects funded through these routes.
In the period 2016 to 2025, the upgrades programme delivered 90 new GP or primary care schemes, alongside several refurbishments and extensions of existing sites, at a cost of £996 million. For 2024 to 2025, the NHS Property Services and Community Health Partnership was given £15 million to adapt the existing estate, so that it could be used more intensively.
As a first step in response to the Darzi Report, in 2025/26 £102 million has been allocated for modernisation and improved utilisation in primary care. Capital budgets for 2026/27 onwards will be considered through Phase 2 of the Spending Review process and the launch of the 10-Year Health Plan in Spring 2025. This will give the necessary strategic direction and funding certainty as we shift to a Neighbourhood Health Service and treating patients closer to home. The following table shows the schemes, capital investment, and new facilities delivered from 2016 to 2025:
Scheme | Period | National capital investment | New facilities delivered |
GP or third-party developer | Before 2016 | N/A | N/A |
Primary care estates and IT | 2016 to 2020 | £800 million | 50 |
Local authority joint schemes | 2019 to 2025 | N/A | 30 |
Sustainability and transformation plan upgrades programme | 2020 to 2025 | £196 million | 10 |
Asked by: Connor Rand (Labour - Altrincham and Sale West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure building construction sites secure cavity nesting bird habitats.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 22080 on 15 January 2025.
Asked by: Connor Rand (Labour - Altrincham and Sale West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people left the police in each of the last five years; and whether her Department holds information on the five most common reasons given by those departing the police voluntarily.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of police personnel who leave the police service in England and Wales, on an annual basis, in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales
Information on the number of leavers, by worker type and reason for leaving (including voluntary resignations), between the years ending 31 March 2007 and 2024, can be found in the ‘Leavers Open Data Table’ here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64ba76662059dc000d5d27c0/open-data-table-police-workforce-leavers-260723.ods
The Home Office does not hold data on the specific reasons for voluntary resignations.
Asked by: Connor Rand (Labour - Altrincham and Sale West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers (a) were eligible for and (b) took statutory paternity leave in each of the last five years; and what the average number of weeks taken were for the same time period.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office does not collect data on the number of police officers eligible for paternity leave or the length of time they were on paternity leave.
Asked by: Connor Rand (Labour - Altrincham and Sale West)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with European counterparts on joining the EU in applying tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
Answered by Douglas Alexander - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
This government is continuing to work closely with EU partners to identify areas to strengthen cooperation, including the economy, energy, security and resilience.
The government will take a consistent, long-term and strategic approach to managing the UK’s relations with China, rooted in the national interest. It is for the independent Trade Remedies Authority to investigate whether trade remedy measures are needed to protect our industries, and any action taken on Chinese electric vehicles imports has to be the right one for UK industry.
The government is in close contact with the sector about this and wider issues, including the recent announcement of over £2 billion of capital and R&D funding to 2030 for zero emission vehicle manufacturing and their supply chains
Asked by: Connor Rand (Labour - Altrincham and Sale West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the national security risks of (a) electric vehicles and (b) connected cars using (i) Chinese and (ii) Russian software.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government takes national security extremely seriously. The Department of Transport (DfT) works closely with the transport sector and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and other government departments, including the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), to understand and respond to risks associated with all connected vehicles, including electric vehicles.
The UK has also led the development of international requirements for all car manufacturers to tackle any possible cyber risk in their designs, and we will continue to work with international partners to safeguard national security risks.
Asked by: Connor Rand (Labour - Altrincham and Sale West)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the criteria are for automotive companies to access the support for transition to electric vehicles announced in the Budget.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Budget committed over £2 billion to 2030 for zero emission vehicle manufacturing and their supply chains. Government will engage with industry as we take forward these plans, and further details will be set out in due course as part of the Industrial Strategy. In the meantime, investors can continue to apply to the Automotive Transformation Fund and Advanced Propulsion Centre R&D programmes.
The Budget also confirmed £120 million in grants supporting the purchase of new zero-emission vans and wheelchair-accessible vehicles. Eligibility is assessed on a vehicle-by-vehicle basis. Updates on other grants will be provided in due course.