Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the cost in 2012–13 and 2013–14 of running the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; and how many people are currently employed by that organisation.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) comprehensive expenditure in 2012-13 and 2013-14, taken from its published annual report and accounts¹, was:

2012-13² - £64,955,000

2013-14³ - £60,754,000

We understand that 588 staff were employed by NICE in June 2014.

Notes:

¹www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/330381/NICE_annual_report_2013-2014_PRINT.pdf

²The 2012-13 figure includes £6,628,000 attributable to the National Clinical Assessment Service, which NICE hosted for one year before its transfer on 1 April 2013 to the NHS Litigation Authority.

³On 1 May 2013 the National Technology Adoption Centre transferred to NICE from the Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust.