Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has funding for the building of a new hospital in Shropshire.

As part of the Spending Review settlement, we have secured £1.7 billion multi-year funding until 2024-25 for over 70 hospital upgrades. Once the Full Business Case for the new hospital in Shropshire has been developed and approved, full funding for the build will be provided, subject to the usual approval procedures.