Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the terms of reference for the periodic review of NHS Property Services Limited referred to by Sir Chris Wormald in his oral evidence to the Public Accounts Committee on 9 September 2020.

Sir Chris Wormald gave his oral evidence to the Public Accounts Committee on their hearing into NHS Property Services Ltd (NHSPS) on 9 September 2019 following the publication of an NAO report into NHSPS in June 2019.

The scope of the review of NHS Property Services Limited is an update of the strategic context and justification for the company delivery model; a review of the Company’s operational and financial performance; and both with reference to changes to the role and function of the Department since the formation of the company in 2013.

The review has been completed and the findings were published on 24 September 2020 and is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/results-of-department-of-health-and-social-cares-review-of-nhs-property-services.