Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the capital allocation for the three waves of the New Hospital Programme is now guaranteed; and which of the waves are subject to future spending reviews.

The Government has agreed a set of realistic and deliverable assumptions around the ongoing funding envelope that will enable the programme to plan sustainably for the long term and support schemes in rolling waves of investment. The exact profile of the funding will be confirmed in rolling five-year waves at regular Spending Reviews, as with all Government capital budgets in the future.