Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of capital investment required for Warrington and Halton hospital campus sites.

The Government recognises that delivering high quality National Health Service healthcare services requires the right facilities and support systems in the right places, and we understand that strategic, value for money investments in capital projects, whether through allocations prioritised locally or through national programmes, is important in achieving this.

Managing the local capital budget for its area and allocating funds according to local priorities, including investment in healthcare facilities, are matters for the local integrated care board (ICB), the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB. The ICB should have considered the investment needed for the Warrington and Halton hospital campus sites as part of their 10-year infrastructure strategy, in collaboration with the relevant trusts.