Question follow-through · 92136
Hospital Wards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital wards are not in active use in England; and what the patient capacity is of those wards.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 1 Dec 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital wards are not in active use in England; and what the patient capacity is of those wards.
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Dec 2025
Answer published
Data for the occupancy and utilisation rates of clinical rooms in the NHS Estate for the latest period, which was 2023/24, published in December 2024, is available at the following link: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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