Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to (a) Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust, (b) North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, (c) West Suffolk NHS Trust, (d) Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and (e) Frimely Health NHS Foundation Trust to remediate roofs made from Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.

We have publicly committed to eradicating Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) from the National Health Service estate by 2035 and protecting patient and staff safety in the interim period, with the NHS approaching this on a ‘risk basis’, prioritising NHS trusts of concern. We have allocated a total of £685 million for mitigation works in all the affected trusts up to 2024-25.

We are allocating funding annually, based on NHS trust plans and delivery progress. The specific funding for future years has not yet been finalised.

We recognise the need to replace RAAC in the worst affected trusts by 2030 and as such are holding discussions with trusts on a standardised approach and how this could fit with the New Hospital Programme.

* 2022/23 actual spend may vary once the figures are confirmed at financial year end