Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the allocation by the Government of £270 million to private hospitals to help tackle an Omicron surge, if he will publish the contracts between NHS and private hospitals in respect of the allocation of that funding.

We are unable to provide the information requested as it is commercially sensitive. However, NHS England plans to publish the contract award notices in line with the deadlines set out in the Public Contract Regulations 2015.