Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has had discussions with NICE on the development of the interim methods and processes statement for late-stage assessment.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) consulted the Department on the interim methods and processes statement. As stated in paragraph 4.1 of the interim methods and processes, the NICE worked in collaboration with the Department to determine the eight planned assessment topics.