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1665332

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of General Practitioners' report entitled Fit for the Future: Reshaping general practice infrastructure in England, published in May 2023, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's polices of that report's finding that almost three in four members that requested funding to upgrade their premises in the last year were unsuccessful in obtaining that funding.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	203045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>We want general practitioners (GPs) to deliver the best quality of care to patients and will continue our work to assess what is needed to enable them to deliver services effectively in GP premises.</p><p>The Government has allocated over £4 billion annually in capital funding to systems to invest in maintaining the National Health Service estate and address safety issues. Improvements to existing GP premises can be financed by bidding for NHS England funding or self-funded by the GP practice, including borrowing capital. Often works are funded by a combination of these two options.</p><p>The NHS (General Medical Services) Premises Costs Directions 2013 permit grant awards of up to 66% of the total value of the improvement scheme; practices are expected to meet the remaining costs.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 23/10/2023 13:29:43 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 99499 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

750163

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has carried out to ensure that the proposed £1,000 financial assistance offered to GP practices which accept the full repairing lease contract will be sufficient to cover the legal and survey work associated with those leases.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	4033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The £1,000 + VAT offered to general practitioner practices is intended to assist with the legal fees associated with documenting a lease. The calculation is based on the fact that the ‘template’ lease has already been negotiated and agreed with NHS Property Services and the British Medical Association, which minimises negotiations with practices.</p><p> </p><p>The nature of lease – either Full Repairing and Insuring or Internal Repairs – determines the level of reimbursement for the current market rent. This includes both the lease rent and an element for upkeep of the tenanted areas. This is set out in the Premises Costs Directions 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, it is for the landlord and tenant to agree the terms of any lease to suit their specific circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 4036 question first answered 13/07/2017 13:05:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

750166

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on GP funding of the proposed full repairing leases offered to GP surgeries.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	4036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The £1,000 + VAT offered to general practitioner practices is intended to assist with the legal fees associated with documenting a lease. The calculation is based on the fact that the ‘template’ lease has already been negotiated and agreed with NHS Property Services and the British Medical Association, which minimises negotiations with practices.</p><p> </p><p>The nature of lease – either Full Repairing and Insuring or Internal Repairs – determines the level of reimbursement for the current market rent. This includes both the lease rent and an element for upkeep of the tenanted areas. This is set out in the Premises Costs Directions 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, it is for the landlord and tenant to agree the terms of any lease to suit their specific circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 4033 question first answered 13/07/2017 13:05:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

750176

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis the deadline of October 2017 has been set for GP surgeries to agree full repairing leases with NHS Property Services.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	4037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The Full Repairing and Insuring Lease is a standard, recognised property industry lease and as such is put forward as a starting point in the Standard Lease Agreement agreed between NHS Property Services (NHS PS) and the British Medical Association in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has committed to a date of 30 November 2017 by which it will offer certain additional benefits to general practitioner practices which enter into a Lease. These are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>- NHS England will reimburse Stamp Duty Land Tax for an initial term of up to 15 years;</p><p>- NHS England will reimburse legal fees for conveyancing up to a maximum of £1,000, plus VAT; and</p><p>- NHS England will reimburse the Management Fee for Service Charges for both 2016/17 and 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>NHS PS is working with all GP practices to facilitate outcomes which work for both parties in all cases, using the framework as outlined by NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/07/2017 12:51:36 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

438182

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department or NHS England holds on the number and proportion of GP premises that have been refurbished or replaced since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	19840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>The NHS (General Medical Services - Premises Costs) Directions 2013 set out the circumstances under which NHS England may provide funding for general practitioner (GP) premises. NHS England does not provide funding for all refurbishments and replacements, and in some cases such works may be carried out by third party owners. As such neither the Department nor NHS England hold information on the number or proportion of GP premises that have been refurbished or replaced since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 05/01/2016 10:24:00 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

63270

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioner practices were (a) refurbished and (b) replaced in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	201710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Prior to April 2013, granting funding for the refurbishment and replacement of general practitioner premises was the responsibility of primary care trusts (PCTs). Information pertaining to this period is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for funding general practice premises development has now been transferred to NHS England.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1 April 2013 and 1 April 2014, more than 100 business cases for premises development were approved by NHS England. NHS England <ins class="ministerial">will be publishing </ins><del class="ministerial">has now published</del> Principles of Good Practice <ins class="ministerial">later in the autumn. This </ins> <del class="ministerial">that</del> set<ins class="ministerial">s</ins> out how <del class="ministerial">area</del> teams should review and prioritise business case proposals, and since 1 April 2014 a further 46 business cases have been approved.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 26/06/2014 14:49:17 question first ministerially corrected 11/09/2014 13:48:27 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb previous answer version 6377 answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed