Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government which of the 40 new NHS hospitals that they propose to build in England by 2030 now have planning permission; and when construction is due to start on each site.

As of 2 February 2023, within the New Hospital Programme, 21 schemes have received either full or outline planning permission. A document is attached of specific details on schemes which have received planning permission and their construction start time frames.

Requirements for planning permission are dependent on when the schemes will progress as part of the New Hospital Programme, and we will continue to support trusts with their planning applications as and when required. This approach to delivery of the new hospitals involves different schemes being grouped into ‘cohorts’, which represent a balance of progress for earlier schemes while enabling implementation standardisation and utilise economies of scale across schemes in later cohorts. This will ensure staff and patients benefit from new facilities that represent improved value for money and realise the full benefits of a programme approach.