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date	26/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health and Care Professions Council: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has made to the Health and Care Professions Council on its decision to increase the mandatory registration fee for care workers.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	4437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is a self-financing, independent regulator that is accountable to Parliament through the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA). The PSA assesses the HCPC’s performance, conduct audits, scrutinise their decisions and report to Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for the council of the HCPC to set their fees at a level which ensures they can fulfil their statutory role of protecting, promoting and maintaining the health and safety of the public.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department understands that the HCPC publicly consulted on raising its registrant fee and as part of that process explained the raise was for a number of reasons: to fund the periodic fee it is required to pay the PSA; to enable the HCPC to operate more flexibly and efficiently; and to ensure the HCPC’s financial viability in the medium to long term.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 06/07/2015 16:34:39 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

385969

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health and Care Professions Council: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Health and Care Professions Council's decision to increase the mandatory registration fee for care workers on recruitment and retention of highly motivated staff in that profession.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	4438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) does not regulate care workers. The HCPC currently regulates arts therapists, biomedical scientists, chiropodists/podiatrists, clinical scientists, dietitians, hearing aid dispensers, occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, orthoptists, paramedics, physiotherapists, practitioner psychologists, prosthetists/orthotists, radiographers, social workers in England and speech and language therapists.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for the council of the HCPC to set their fees at a level which ensures they can fulfil their statutory role of protecting, promoting and maintaining the health and safety of the public.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All health and care professional regulators review their fees on an on-going basis. We are not aware of any evidence to suggest that this increase of £10 per year will impact on recruitment and retention.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 06/07/2015 16:27:19 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

385970

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Professional Organisations: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how much each professional membership body in the health and social care sector has increased its mandatory registration fee by in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	4439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The annual registrant fee levels for the nine professional health regulators at 1 July 2014, and at 1 July 2015, are shown below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Regulator</p></td><td><p>Fee at 1 July 2014 (£)</p></td><td><p>Fee at 1 July 2015 (£)</p></td><td><p>% change</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nursing and Midwifery Council</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>20.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health and Care Professions Council</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General Medical Council</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General Optical Council</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General Osteopathic Council</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General Dental Council</p></td><td><p>576</p></td><td><p>890</p></td><td><p>54.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General Pharmaceutical Council</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General Chiropractic Council</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 06/07/2015 13:15:11 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins