To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much was spent on the (a) NHS University, (b) NHS Institute for Learning Skills and Innovation and (c) NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05 and (iii) 2005-06, including redundancy payments to staff following closure. (150530)

I have been asked to reply.

NHS University (NHSU) expenditure for the period 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004 was £27 million. NHSU expenditure for the period 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005 was £38.194 million. NHSU expenditure for the period 1 April to 31 July 2005 was £15.953 million.

The NHSU dissolved as a special health authority on 31 July 2005, and the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement was the successor body.

NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement expenditure for the period 1 July 2005 to 31 March 2006 (including redundancy payments to staff following NHSU closure) was £42.450 million.