Question follow-through · 27428
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people not taking prescribed medication due to prescription charges.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people not taking prescribed medication due to prescription charges.
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2025
Answer published
No assessment has been made of the number of people not taking prescribed medication due to prescription charges.There are extensive arrangements in place in England to ensure that prescriptions are affordable for everyone. Approximately 89% of prescripti...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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