To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (a) to issue its interim process guide for determining indicators for inclusion in the Quality and Outcomes Framework and (b) to call for evidence from interested parties for indicators for potential inclusion in the Quality and Outcomes Framework from 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. (279204)

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published its interim process guide for determining indicators for inclusion in the Quality and Outcomes Framework on 5 June. NICE intends to make a facility available on its website for submitting proposals for new indicators or changes to existing indicators in the summer.