(1) Whether applications for the (a) expanding and (b) building of new hospitals are assessed by a committee; if not, (i) why not and (ii) who conducts the assessments; if so, (aa) which committee, (bb) who serves in the committee and (cc) how are they chosen; (2) whether there is a set of standardised criteria which is used to approve or reject an application; if not, (a) why not, (b) how are applications currently assessed and (c) when will a set of standardised criteria be developed; if so, what are the relevant details?