Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what funding has been allocated to improving and expanding maternity and neonatal ward infrastructure across the NHS England estate.

In 2025/26, we are investing over £149 million through the Estates Safety Fund to tackle the poorest quality infrastructure across the National Health Service maternity and neonatal estates. This will deliver vital safety improvements, enhance patient and staff environments, and support NHS productivity, enabling better care for mothers and their newborns. A further £25 million will support trusts to tackle the causes of maternal death, enhance maternity bereavement facilities, and improve triage services.

In addition, we are backing the NHS with over £4 billion in operational capital in 2025/26, with a further £16.9 billion over the following four years. NHS organisations will manage their operational capital allocations locally and can assign funding to maternity and neonatal infrastructure if this is a local priority.