Swire says that hospitals will not be charged rent by NHS Property Services.
HE IS WRONG!
Here is the proof:
“For the new financial year 2016/17 there are some important changes to charging arrangements. This includes a move to market-based rental charging on all freehold properties, which has been agreed with the Department of Health and NHS England.
On 4 April 2016 Pat Mills, Commercial Director at the Department of Health issued a letter to the NHS to set out the background on the move to market rentals along with the reimbursement arrangements.
The move to market rents is consistent with initiatives being introduced more widely across central government to improve utilisation and value for money in property occupancy.”
and here is the letter sent to all NHS tenants on 4 April 2016 confirming the new arrangements including a clause that if there is “dilapidation” of the property at the end of the lease the cost of reinstatement must be paid by the tenant:
and here is a helpful leaflet:
http://www.property.nhs.uk/wpdm-package/lease-regularisation-leaflet/?wpdmdl=10231
So, basically, the more money a community raised to help build new facilities, the more NHS Property Services will charge in rent.
East Devon Watch 
So the BIG QUESTION is:
Does Hugo Swire genuine believe that they will not be charged rent – in which case he is negligent in finding out the facts before he opens his mouth and spouts untruths – or did he know that rents would be charged but decided deliberately to speak untruths i.e. lie?
Either way, he is misrepresenting the facts and by doing so failing to support his own constituents and to do his basic day job as a constituency MP.
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