Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on meeting the Government's commitment to build 40 new hospitals by 2030; and how many of those hospitals will be completed in the next five years.

With eight previously announced schemes, 48 hospitals will be built by 2030. Of the 48 hospitals, six are under construction and one is now completed. The schemes are currently grouped into high-level cohorts for delivery across the decade. The grouping of schemes is based on a current assessment of readiness to progress and the extent to which schemes can realise the benefits of the national programme. This assessment is subject to ongoing review and timescales for individual schemes may change as the programme progresses.