Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will provide financial support to County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust to facilitate an improvement and expansion of car parking facilities at Darlington Memorial Hospital.

No specific fund currently exists for car parking improvements. The North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB), of which County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is a partner member, received £187 million in operational capital in 2023/24, and over £566 million over the Spending Review period, which it can use for capital projects and works. This funding is prioritised by the ICB in accordance with local needs.