Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24th April 2025 to Question 46100 on Hospitals: Construction, how the construction order of hospitals impacted by Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete will be decided.

The New Hospital Programme (NHP) is working at pace to ensure that the seven schemes to replace hospitals constructed wholly or primarily from reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) will continue to be prioritised and rebuilt as quickly as possible, to protect patient and staff safety.

As set out in the NHP Plan for Implementation, all seven RAAC schemes are in Wave 1, and construction will commence between 2025 and 2030.

My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned an updated site-by-site report to inform decisions on the delivery of the replacement hospitals, which is due in Summer 2025. The site-by-site report on RAAC hospitals will help inform individual development plans, which continue to progress at pace.

Delivery expectations and dates may be subject to change, depending on local and national factors, and the programme reserves the right to adjust the delivery plan as schemes develop in the future.