To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) areas of responsibility and (b) Government-funded budget are of the Nurses and Other Health Professions Review Body. (232044)

The NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB), formerly known as Nurses and Other Health Professions Review Body, is responsible for making recommendations on the remuneration of all NHS staff paid under the Agenda for Change pay system (all directly employed non-medical staff with the exception of Very senior managers).

The NHSPRB is supported by the Office of Manpower Economics (OME) who provide an independent secretariat to the review body. The Department is expecting to transfer £58,650 to OME for remuneration costs of committee members in 2008-09.