Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
Commons · Question 55805 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to review the adequacy of the earnings criteria for free prescriptions.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 9 Jun 2025
No discussions have been held between my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on expanding eligibility to all claimants in receipt of Universal Credit. The De...