PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Health and Care Professions Council: Fees and Charges (10 June 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to encourage the Health and Care Professions Council to evaluate the effect of its recent increase in mandatory registration fees.

Asked by:
Sir Nicholas Dakin (Labour)

Answer

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is a self-financing, independent regulator that is accountable to Parliament through the Professional Standards Authority whose role is to assess the HCPC’s performance, conduct audits, scrutinise their decisions and report to Parliament.

In determining the level of fee increase the HCPC undertook a public consultation and considered the responses before setting the fee.

It is for the council of the HCPC to determine what evaluation it commissions on its recent increase in mandatory registration fees.


Answered by:
Ben Gummer (Conservative)
17 June 2015

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