Question follow-through · 48855
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of making prescriptions free for people with chronic, long-term conditions.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 May 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
29 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of making prescriptions free for people with chronic, long-term conditions.
1 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 May 2025
Answer published
The Department has made no estimate. There are extensive arrangements currently in place in England to ensure that prescriptions are affordable for everyone, including for those with chronic, long-term conditions.Approximately 89% of prescription items ar...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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