Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 14 February (HL4607), how much of the capital allocated to each hospital to be built has been allocated in this funding round; and what are the provisional amounts allocated to each hospital in future rounds.

Funding has been agreed with HM Treasury to cover 2025/26. For 2025/26, we have approved and issued £233 million of funding to trusts. Funding beyond this will be agreed in the Spending Review in spring 2025.

Funding is issued subject to the approval of a business case. These are submitted at different stages for separate elements of a scheme. At the start of a scheme such business cases would be for enabling works, including, for example, site clearance or a land purchase, and are relatively small. Fees are also allocated to Trusts to develop plans and business cases. However, most of the funding for individual schemes in the New Hospital Programme will be subject to the approval of a Full Business Case as set out in HMT Green Book and is usual for large infrastructure projects.