National Institute for Clinical Excellence

HC Deb 22 June 2004 vol 422 cc1346-7W

Mrs. Iris Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what(a) the cost of setting up and (b) the annual running costs of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence are. [179068]

Ms Rosie Winterton

Set up costs for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) were included as part of the Institute's annual running costs for 1999–2000 and were not separately identified.

The annual budget for NICE'S running costs since its establishment in April 1999 has been as follows:
	Amount (£)
1999–2000	10,511,000
2000–01	11,215,000
2001–02	12,680,000
2002–03	14,774,000
2003–04	16,770,000
2004–05	18,204,000

NICE is jointly funded by the Department and the Welsh Assembly Government and these figures are for the Institute's total funding. Funding has increased to reflect NICE'S expanded work programme.