Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of publicly-funded hospitals in England built in or before (a) 1948 and (b) 1939.

NHS England collects data on National Health Service buildings through the annual Estates Returns Information Collection. While this data includes the age profile of NHS buildings, it does not specifically identify sites dated prior to 1939, although information on sites built prior to 1948 is collected. This information shows that there are 15 publicly funded ambulance stations built prior to 1948. Data for 2021/22 was published on 13 October and is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/estates-returns-information-collection/england-2021-22