HL Deb 04 May 1999 vol 600 c68WA
Lord Pearson of Rannoch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What are the contractual terms and arrangements under which research is commissioned by the Department of Health; and what steps the department takes to ensure that those terms and arrangements are met. [HL2187]

Baroness Hayman

The department commissions research through the Policy Research Programme to support its work on policy development and evaluation in health and social care. The department also manages the National Health Service research and development levy which is used to support research and development of relevance to the National Health Service in hospitals, general practice and other health care settings, and to fund the NHS research and development programme, through which research is also directly commissioned.

We are arranging for copies of the model contracts for both our policy research programme, and the NHS R&D programme to be placed in the Library.

Contracts for commissioned research are monitored on an ongoing basis to ensure compliance and proper project and budget management.