Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgery buildings currently fail to meet Care Quality Commission minimum requirements for premises.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has provided the following information:

The CQC is unable to provide the information requested as it is not centrally collated in the format requested.

The CQC inspects the estate of a provider under the “Safe” key question. This is one of the many areas that the CQC monitors when it conducts an inspection of a service provider. Standards around premises form part of a wide variety of regulatory requirements which deal with patient safety in general.