Question follow-through · 124187

NHS Trusts: Private Finance Initiative

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS trusts in England spent in total on interest payments relating to Private Finance Initiative contracts in each of the last five financial years.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
13 Apr 2026
Answer
13 Apr 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 26 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS trusts in England spent in total on interest payments relating to Private Finance Initiative contracts in each of the last five financial years.

  2. 13 Apr 2026

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  3. 13 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The information requested is not held centrally. Trust accounts data is published online, along with a breakdown of the Unitary Charge payments, including interest payments, at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/financial-accounting-and-reporti...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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