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750163

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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