Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help reduce the carbon footprint across the NHS estate.

We have committed to achieve net zero emissions from the National Health Service by 2045. We have invested more than £280 million in the NHS estate through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, with a further £329 million over the next two years. We are also providing a 3.8% increase in capital over the next three years, including for upgrading and maintaining the NHS estate.

‘Delivering a ‘Net Zero’ National Health Service’, published in October 2020, sets NHS England’s ambitions, including improving energy efficiency and reducing energy consumption. In addition, NHS England has issued a net zero estates delivery plan to all NHS trusts on actions which must be taken to decarbonise its estates and facilities.