Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of (a) how much new NHS primary estate is being built each year and (b) what the year-on-year change in that amount has been.

The primary care estate is a complex mix of general practice (GP) private ownership, third party ownership, and lease arrangements with approximately half of GP premises owned by GPs. As of December 2025, there are 6,210 GP surgeries across England.

The Government recognises the importance of strategic, value for money investments in capital projects, such as new facilities, significant upgrades, or other targeted capital investments.

In May, we announced schemes which will benefit from the £102 million Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund to deliver upgrades to more than a thousand GP surgeries across England this financial year. These schemes will create additional clinical space within existing building footprints to enable practices to see more patients, boost productivity, and improve patient care.

At the Autumn Budget, we announced our commitment to deliver 250 neighbourhood health centres, with 120 operational by 2030. These centres will co-locate local health services such as GPs and physiotherapists to improve access to care and to support a more preventative and sustainable National Health Service.