Question follow-through · 122235
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have, in each of the last five years, (a) moved to roles with pharmaceutical companies or industry-funded bodies and (b) jo
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 26 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have, in each of the last five years, (a) moved to roles with pharmaceutical companies or industry-funded bodies and (b) jo
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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26 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) requires all staff to undertake a conflict-of-interest declaration upon joining the agency and then on a yearly basis. All declarations are assessed according to MHRA policy to ensure due cons...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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