Oral QuestionWomen and Equalities

“What steps she is taking to tackle geographic inequality of opportunity in the UK.”

Tabled: 17 September 2020Answered: 23 September 2020

Answering Minister

the Minister for Women and Equalities

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Secondary Care (Karin Smyth)

In January we published an honest, realistic and deliverable plan that puts the programme on a sustainable footing, ensuring that taxpayers get the maximum value for money. We are committed to delivering all the schemes and are moving at pace, with funding in place for design work, construction and business case development. Outside the new hospital programme, we are investing £30 billion in day-to-day maintenance repairs of the NHS estate across this spending review period.