Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of the Professional Standards Authority on the adequacy of their funding model.

There have been no discussions between the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and representatives of the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) on the organisation’s funding model.

Section 25A of the NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 sets out the process for setting the PSA’s fee. PSA funding is reviewed as part of an annual fees consultation process and the Privy Council is responsible for making the regulations requiring the healthcare regulatory bodies to pay fees to the PSA and for determining the amount they should pay.