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Drugs: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of VAT on free-of-charge medicine donations on NHS access to medicines supplied through early access schemes.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
6 Jul 2026
Answer
8 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of VAT on free-of-charge medicine donations on NHS access to medicines supplied through early access schemes.

  2. 6 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer I provided on 30 June to the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham in response to Question 8180, and to the written statement made by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on 2 July.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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