Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the shareholder objectives are for NHS Property Services Limited; and if he will make a statement.

The shareholder’s high level objectives for NHS Property Services are:

- The provision of a high quality property service and the achievement of significant efficiency savings; and

- Timely and value for money disposals of assets declared surplus by the National Health Service to release capital for investment for the benefit of frontline NHS services.

These are translated into annual operational performance targets reviewed and agreed on an annual basis by the Shareholder Director, as senior civil servant acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, against which the company’s performance is assessed.