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Written question asked by Calvin Bailey (Labour) on Thursday, 17 October 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 October 2024. It was answered by Karin Smyth (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 October 2024 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Whipps Cross Hospital: Construction

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost of the scheme to rebuild Whipps Cross University Hospital.

Answer

The standard process confirming the total funding amount for major infrastructure projects involves the review and approval of a Full Business Case. All trusts in the New Hospital Programme have previously received indicative funding allocations to support planning, however these are commercially sensitive. The New Hospital Programme had confirmed £3.7 billion in funding up to the end of 2024/25.

The trust is currently developing their Outline Business Case for the Whipps Cross Hospital, and is at Royal Institute of British Architects Stage 2. Up to the end of the 2023/24, the total amount received by the Barts Health NHS Trust in funding for their new hospital scheme is £22.2 million.

The breakdown of how much the trust received for their new hospital scheme is published annually as part of the Department’s Annual Reports and Accounts, with Public Dividend Capital to individual trusts included in the Financial Assistance Report under section 40 of the National Health Service Act 2006. The 2022/23 report is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
9807
Session
2024-26
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Costs Construction Whipps Cross Hospital
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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