Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 87209

Omaveloxolone

Tabled: 3 November 2025
Answered: 11 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Sir Julian Lewis

ConservativeNew Forest East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the difference in availability of Omaveloxolone (Skyclarys) as a treatment for Friedrich's ataxia in (a) Scotland and (b) England a

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Department has made no assessment of the reasons for the difference in the availability of omaveloxolone (Skyclarys) as a treatment for Friedrich's ataxia in Scotland, England, and Wales.Decisions on the availability of medicines are taken by the resp...

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