[holding answer 5 December 2007]: The annual budgets of the Healthcare Commission (HC) and Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) over the last five years are set out as follows:
Department of Health (DH) revenue DH capital charges Income Total budget DH capital Healthcare Commission 2003-041 35,000 — — 35,000 — 2004-05 71,694 1,670 3,250 76,614 5,072 2005-06 65,388 2,500 8,134 76,022 3,000 2006-07 71,367 2,800 8,200 82,367 4,000 2007-08 64,379 2,800 7,200 74,379 5,000 1Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) existed with a budget of £35 million revenue. HC took over some of CHI’s functions and was being set up in 2003-04.
DH Revenue DH Capital Charges Other Income Total Budget DH Capital Commission Social Care Inspectorate 2003-041 94,320 10,752 46,290 151,362 3,000 2004-05 98,005 10,000 44,402 152,407 2,000 2005-06 86,430 14,490 56,755 157,675 6,000 2006-07 80,984 15,840 64,500 161,324 19,978 2007-08 65,371 12,261 58,600 136,232 18,707 1 CSCI was being set up in 2003-04. Its predecessor organisation was National Care Standards Commission Notes: 1. Figures for revenue and capital are grant-in-aid issued by the Department of Health and are the start of year figures. Figures for income are derived from the organisations’ annual accounts. 2. “Other income” represents income largely from regulatory fees. 3. Figures for CSCI up to 2006-07 include the cost of children’s social services functions transferred to Ofsted on 1 April 2007. Source: DH