Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many hospitals are registered as a critical site or service in the Protected Sites List under the Electricity Supply Emergency Code.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is awaiting final data returns from the November 2022 review of the Protected Sites List. There are currently at least 192 assets listed as hospitals. Applications for protected site status can be received by network operators at any time of the year, so the numbers of assets on the list can fluctuate.