Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has estimated the cost to the public purse of improving the standard of the maternity and neonatal estate classed as condition category C in NHS England's Maternity and Neonatal Infrastructure Review, published on 11 September 2025, to condition category B.

No estimate has been made of the specific costs requested by the Hon. Member. However, we have announced the investment of an initial £271 million through the Estates Safety Fund to be used for resolving urgent safety issues in the maternity and neonatal estate, as part of a £6.75 billion investment over nine years to tackle the poorest-quality facilities within the National Health Service estate and ensure safe environments for healthcare delivery.