Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish (a) the opening date and (b) the life expectancy of each building constructed as part of a Best Buy Hospital.

The Best Buy hospitals were launched in 1967. They include:

- Frimley Park 1974;

- West Suffolk 1974;

- James Paget 1981 and 1984;

- Hinchingbrooke 1984; and

- Queen Elizabeth 1980.

The life expectancy of buildings will depend on their original construction and this will be affected by many parameters, including the quality of the maintenance such as water tightness and adaptions or refurbishment made during their usage. Individual National Health Service organisations are responsible for maintaining the estates that they own.