Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
Commons · Question 82861 · Tabled 16 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 24 Oct 2025
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Asked by Darren Paffey
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January to Question 22115 on Prescriptions: Fees and Charges, how many people with a maternity exemption certificate that received a penalty charge notice in 2024 were (
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Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 24 Oct 2025
In 2024, the NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) issued 48,063 penalty charge notices (PCNs) to people that claimed a maternity exemption on their prescription form, but where no exemption was found/matched as part of the NHS BSA process. Of the 48,...