Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 122233

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Finance

Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 26 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Carla Lockhart

Democratic Unionist PartyUpper Bann

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department has modelled alternative funding structures for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency that would reduce reliance on industry fees; and if it will publish an

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
No such modelling has been undertaken.