Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 73592

Drugs: Procurement

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds data on instances where the cost of drugs sourced from American pharmaceutical companies has significantly increased in the last five years; and what steps he is taking

Answer

Karin Smyth
NHS England do not record or hold data related to the medicines purchased by the NHS categorised by base of the parent company of the supplier.