Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 114387

North Devon Hospital: Construction

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Ian Roome

Liberal DemocratNorth Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 13 February 2026 to question 111483, what his Department's evidential basis is for the cost estimate of £1-1.5 billion for the rebuild of North Devon District Hospital und

Answer

Karin Smyth
A range of factors were considered to produce cost estimates for schemes in the Plan for Implementation, for example, estimated size, cost per square metre, local and geographical factors, and consideration of construction-specific inflation costs. Howeve...

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