Parliamentary Exchange on Individual Funding Requests (IFRs)
The following table sets out the number of Individual Funding Requests (IFRs) considered and approved in the last five years.
2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17* | Total | |
Decisions made at IFR Screening Group | 1,493 | 953 | 633 | 345 | 3,424 |
Decisions made at IFR Panel | 428 | 402 | 300 | 80 | 1,210 |
Approved IFRs | 256 | 249 | 179 | 29 | 713 |
*based on the period from April to November 2016
It should be noted that all IFRs considered at the IFR panel will have previously been considered at a screening panel.
The cost of procedures approved through the IFR process is not routinely collected nationally.