Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 55805

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

Liberal DemocratHenley and Thame

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to review the adequacy of the earnings criteria for free prescriptions.

Answer

Karin Smyth
No discussions have been held between my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on expanding eligibility to all claimants in receipt of Universal Credit. The De...

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