Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the fiscal impact of the sale of St James' Hospital in Portsmouth.

Until the sale of St James’ Hospital is completed, information on the price achieved is commercially sensitive. The Land Registry updates the entry for the site with details of the purchase, including the sale price, usually within six weeks of the date of completion of the sale. NHS Property Services (NHSPS) itself will respond to any queries following formal completion of the sale.

Any net sale proceeds generated from disposals by NHSPS are reinvested in capital projects within the wider NHSPS portfolio, with up to 50% of net disposal proceeds being allocated to local priorities. This sale will also release NHSPS and therefore the department from further costs relating to the site.

As part of the planning application process with Portsmouth County Council there are reports and documents online which detail the different environmental, social and economic considerations of the proposals; these are available at the following link:

https://publicaccess.portsmouth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?previousCaseType=Property&keyVal=Q5N8TLMO0N200&previousCaseNumber=000TIXMOBU000&previousCaseUprn=001775048808&activeTab=summary&previousKeyVal=001RZKMOLI000.