PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS Property and Estates Review (8 February 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 4.14 of the Government Response to the Naylor Review, published in January 2018, what arrangements his Department has put in place for the (a) governance and (b) accountability for the Strategic Estates Planning service.

Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)

To enhance local capability and expertise, strategic estates advisers from NHS Property Services and Community Health Partnerships have been operating as a single team since November 2016 to support the development of local estates strategies. The team’s role will now evolve to provide a full national strategic estates planning service to support sustainability and transformation partnerships to make further progress. The role of this team is set out in paragraphs 4.14 to 4.18 of the Government’s response to the Naylor Review. We will recruit a new Director to lead the team. The Director will be a member of the NHS Property Board.

Answered by:
Steve Barclay (Conservative)
20 February 2018