Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of the scale of the maintenance backlog across central government property.

The National Audit Office published its Maintaining Public Service Facilities report in January 2025. This estimated the maintenance backlog across the government estate to be at least £49 billion. My Department supported the review. Figures based on a standard definition will be published in the annual State of the Estate report from 2026-2027.