Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.

The Department, including the National Health Service, has contributed surplus land capable of delivering 10,099 homes (including affordable homes) to the Public Sector Land Programme. The NHS is continuing to rationalise its estate, delivering cost savings, better value for money for the taxpayer and putting the money into patient services.