Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of steel and timber support beams currently installed in the Queen Elizabeth hospital in King's Lynn to respond to Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete plank issues.

National Health Service organisations are responsible for maintaining estates. However, we have provided a £110 million ring-fenced allocation to address the most serious and immediate risks posed by Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn has employed structural surveyors to assess the condition of its affected infrastructure and has received over £20 million to undertake the recommended mitigation measures. This is regularly re-assessed and will be supported by funding secured at the Spending Review 2021.