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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...