Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the funding allocated to the Integrated Digital Care Technology Fund was disbursed in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15; and how much funding has been so allocated for 2015-16.

The first tranche of the Integrated Digital Care Technology Fund was called the Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards Technology Fund and £49 million was issued in 2013-14. A further £150 million has been allocated in 2014-15, of which £69 million has been issued to date.

Decisions about the next phase of the roll-out are under consideration and will be made once lessons have been learnt from the initial investment.