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GP Surgeries: Wiltshire

Asked by Sarah GibsonLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 1 July 2025UIN 62113

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much capital funding has been allocated to GP practices in Wiltshire in each of the last three years; and how many bids for premises improvement funding were (a) submitted and (b) approved.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund will deliver upgrades to more than a thousand general practice surgeries across England this year. This includes nine schemes in the Bath, Northeast Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (BNSSW ICB), totalling a capital investment of £1.5 million. This is the first dedicated national capital fund for primary care since 2020.

The following table shows the operational capital allocated to the BNSSW ICB for the last three financial years, which was subsequently prioritised at their discretion:

Financial year

Allocation

2025/26

£40,800,000

2024/25

£59,300,000

2023/24

£43,400,000


This covers maintenance and other capital spend across the BNSSW ICB, and it is at local discretion whether an element is allocated to primary care.

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