Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the new building work at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton is expected to commence.
Jane Ellison, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health: We are advised that the approval process of the final business case for the 3Ts development at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is ongoing between the Trust and the approving bodies, including the NHS Trust Development Authority, the Department of Health and Her Majesty’s Treasury.