Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 122235

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Staff

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, how many staff of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have, in each of the last five years, (a) moved to roles with pharmaceutical companies or industry-funded bodies and (b) jo

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) requires all staff to undertake a conflict-of-interest declaration upon joining the agency and then on a yearly basis. All declarations are assessed according to MHRA policy to ensure due cons...

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