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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department of Health has reduced the number of arm's-length bodies to 20, as proposed in the 2004 review Reconfiguring the Department of Health's Arm's-Length Bodies; which arm's length bodies are involved in health and social care (under the review's definition of such bodies); and what their total expenditure was in 2008–09 (in 2003–04 prices). [HL4763]
Following the review of the department's arm’s-length bodies (ALBs), the number of pre-existing ALBs has been reduced from 38 in 2004 to 20 in 2009. Subsequent to the review, responsibility for one ALB (the Alcohol Education and Research Council) has transferred to the Department of Health from the Home Office, raising the current number of ALBs to 21. All of these ALBs have roles in the health and social care system.
In 2008-09 there were 24 ALBs as the transfer of three ALBs into the new Care Quality Commission, and the merger of the National Institute of Biological Standards and Control into the Health Protection Agency, took place on 1 April 2009. Total ALB revenue expenditure funded by the department in 2008-09 (also in 2003-04 prices) is summarised in the following table:
Arm’s-Length Body Department Funding £m Restated at 2003-04 Prices £m Commission for Social Care Inspection 106 94 Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence 2 2 General Social Care Council 11 10 Health and Social Care Information Centre 38 34 Health Protection Agency 176 155 Healthcare Commission 66 59 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority 4 3 Human Tissue Authority 1 1 Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority 11 10 Mental Health Act Commission 6 5 Monitor (Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts) 13 11 National Institute for Biological Standards and Controls 19 16 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence 34 30 National Patient Safety Agency 28 25 National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse 12 10 NHS Appointments Commission 4 4 NHS Blood and Transplant 83 74 NHS Business Services Authority 140 124 NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement 81 71 NHS Litigation Authority 1 0 NHS Professionals 10 9 NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency 45 40 Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board 2 2 2008-09 department revenue funding for ALBs 893 789 Other ALB-related expenditure 3 3 Total 2008-09 department funded ALB revenue expenditure 896 792
Notes:
2003-04 prices quoted are calculated using the GDP Deflator at market prices issued by ONS, as at 30 June 2009.