To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) with reference to page 213 of the 2008 Pre-Budget Report, Cm 7484, what the latest planned capital expenditure is for (a) his Department and (b) the NHS in each year from 2008-09 to 2010-11; (241104)

The sums shown in the pre-Budget report represent the capital funding available for the national health service and departmental administration. The Department plans to spend all of the available resources in 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11.

Only about £20 million per annum of this capital is used to renew the facilities used for departmental administration. The remainder is either invested in the NHS' asset base or in facilities to support the delivery of NHS services, such as the Connecting for Health programme.

The pre-Budget report brought forward £100 million of capital spending from 2010-11 into 2009-10 to advance the upgrading of up to 600 general practitioner surgeries to training practices. No other specific changes are planned as a result of the pre-Budget report.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the 2008 Pre-Budget Report, Cm 7484, what contribution his Department is expected to make to the £5 billion efficiency savings in 2010-11; and how he plans to achieve such savings. (241108)

As stated in the pre-Budget report, the £5 billion in efficiency savings will be allocated across Departments in Budget 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department submitted to HM Treasury on its potential for efficiency savings in 2010-11 prior to the publication of the 2008 Pre-Budget Report. (241386)

The Department and the Treasury are in regular contact and work closely on value for money issues including savings in 2010-11.