Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide information on the (a) new Public Private Partnerships and (b) in what way they differ from Private Finance Initiatives.

The Government announced, in the 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy document on the 19 June 2025 and the 10-Year Health plan published on 3 July 2025, that it will explore the feasibility of using new Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) to deliver certain types of primary and community health infrastructure.

A decision whether to use PPPs in these circumstances will be taken by the 2025 Autumn Budget, based on the co-development of a model and business case between the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority and the Department.

The Department conducted a successful preliminary market engagement exercise over the summer, and this is feeding into the business case, which is still in development.

Any new PPP models will be subject to further market-testing and will build on lessons learned from past experience, models currently in use, and the March 2025 National Audit Office report Lessons Learned: private finance for infrastructure.