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NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust: Contracts

Commons · Question 87582 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 21 Nov 2025

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Asked by Josh Fenton-Glynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for the expiry of NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust contracts, including the continuity of (a) primary care and (b) community health services.

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Answered by Karin Smyth, 21 Nov 2025

From 2029, the leases on 308 NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) buildings will begin to expire. The Department has initiated a national programme, Securing the Future, to manage these lease expiries through a structured, phased approach, and has d...