Department of Health written question – answered at on 18 December 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what amount each of the healthcare regulators charged for annual registration fees in each of the last five years.
The correct answer should have been:
The regulatory bodies are independent and it is therefore for them to set their fees appropriately. All professional regulators, are aware of the Governments position, as set out in the 2011 Command Paper, `Enabling Excellence’, that we would not expect registration fees to increase, unless there is a clear and strong case that any increase is essential to ensure the exercise of statutory duties.
There are eight Healthcare Professions Regulatory Bodies (excluding the Pharmaceutical Society in Northern Ireland where responsibility is devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly). The Department does not hold information on the fees of the regulatory bodies. However, we have obtained data from each of the regulatory bodies on the Annual Retention Fee for the last five years which shows:
Annual Retention Fee for Healthcare Professions Regulatory Bodies 2010-2015
Year | ||||||||
2014-15 | £100 | £80 | £290 | £390 | £570 | £240 | £576 | £800 |
2013-14 | £100 | £76 | £260 | £390 | £610 | £240 | £576 | £800 |
2012-13 | £76 | £76 | £260 | £390 | £655 | £240 | £576 | £800 |
2011-12 | £76 | £76 | £270 | £390 | £750 | £267 | £576 | £800 |
2010 -11 | £76 | £76 | £280 (Dispensing optician) £325 (Optometrist) | £420 | £750 | £262 | £438 | £1,000 |
The Department does not hold data on the number of investigations that have been carried out by each of the healthcare professions regulatory bodies. We understand that this information is published by each of the regulatory bodies.
The Department has five national bodies which have regulatory functions. They are the Care Quality Commission, Monitor, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the Human Tissue Authority and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. None of these bodies charge an annual registration fee but all except Monitor they do receive income from a range of fees that are applied.
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The regulatory bodies are independent and it is therefore for them to set their fees appropriately. All professional regulators, are aware of the Governments position, as set out in the 2011 Command Paper, `Enabling Excellence’, that we would not expect registration fees to increase, unless there is a clear and strong case that any increase is essential to ensure the exercise of statutory duties.
There are eight Healthcare Professions Regulatory Bodies (excluding the Pharmaceutical Society in Northern Ireland where responsibility is devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly). The Department does not hold information on the fees of the regulatory bodies. However, we have obtained data from each of the regulatory bodies on the Annual Retention Fee for the last five years which shows:
Annual Retention Fee for Healthcare Professions Regulatory Bodies 2010-2015
Year | ||||||||
2014-15 | £100 | £80 | £290 | £390 | £570 | £240 | £576 | £800 |
2013-14 | £100 | £76 | £260 | £390 | £610 | £240 | £576 | £800 |
2012-13 | £76 | £76 | £260 | £390 | £655 | £240 | £576 | £800 |
2011-12 | £76 | £76 | £270 | £390 | £750 | £267 | £576 | £800 |
2010 -11 | £76 | £76 | £280 (Dispensing optician) £325 (Optometrist) | £420 | £750 | £262 | £438 | £1,000 |
The Department does not hold data on the number of investigations that have been carried out by each of the healthcare professions regulatory bodies. We understand that this information is published by each of the regulatory bodies.
The Department has five national bodies which have regulatory functions. They are the Care Quality Commission, Monitor, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the Human Tissue Authority and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. None of these bodies charge an annual registration fee but all except Monitor they do receive income from a range of fees that are applied.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how healthcare regulators' annual registration fees are decided; and what recent representations he has received on reducing such fees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how many investigations have been carried out by each healthcare regulator in each of the last five years.