Question follow-through · 17865
Semaglutide
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on semaglutide prescribed for weight management in each year since it became available on the NHS; and how many patients received such treatment in each of those years.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 18 Aug 2026 · 39 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on semaglutide prescribed for weight management in each year since it became available on the NHS; and how many patients received such treatment in each of those years.
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Aug 2026
Answer published
The requested information is not held centrally. However, available data on the total number of patients prescribed with semaglutide for all purposes, and the cost of dispensing it to them, is maintained by the NHS Business Services Authority and is avail...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total NHS expenditure on midazolam was in each year since 2016.
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8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individuals recorded as asylum seekers were in receipt of a valid HC2 certificate on the latest date for which data is available.
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8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what nationality data is held for individuals recorded as asylum seekers in receipt of a valid HC2 certificate.
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8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the NHS was of treatment provided to individuals recorded as asylum seekers who held a valid HC2 certificate in each year since 2020.
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8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individuals with refugee status were in receipt of a valid HC2 certificate on the latest date for which data is available.
NHS Low Income Scheme: Migrants
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether HC2 certificate holders are required to notify the NHS Business Services Authority of a change in immigration status.