Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 12907

Prescriptions: Care Leavers

Tabled: 5 November 2024

Answered: 12 November 2024

Named Day

Question

Darren Paffey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential feasibility of extending free prescriptions to care leavers aged 18 to 25.

Answer

Karin Smyth

There are no current plans to make an assessment of the feasibility of extending free prescriptions to care leavers aged 18 to 25 years old.