Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 13 November to Question 111406 on prescriptions: fees and charges, how much has been (a) charged in and (b) collected from penalty charge notices in each of the last 36 months.
The following chart represents the monthly breakdown in each of the last 36 months relating to charges issued and collected from penalty charge notices.
Year/ Month | Charges Issued (£) | Payment collected (£) |
2014/October | 464,639.08 | 77,463.39 |
2014/November | 729,535.74 | 123,077.81 |
2014/December | 1,738,208.19 | 291,737.94 |
2015/January | 3,357,993.41 | 593,206.57 |
2015/February | 3,682,748.52 | 737,073.59 |
2015/March | 2,050,248.04 | 556,904.68 |
2015/April | 569,456.48 | 149,106.96 |
2015/May | 1,672,322.83 | 431,110.71 |
2015/June | 2,067,124.93 | 481,245.01 |
2015/July | 1,598,803.30 | 299,177.42 |
2015/August | 2,076,554.30 | 342,327.43 |
2015/September | 4,074,242.23 | 904,395.52 |
2015/October | 4,752,374.40 | 968,679.69 |
2015/November | 5,742,495.60 | 1,187,553.37 |
2015/December | 3,108,895.30 | 653,117.32 |
2016/January | 6,211,078.50 | 1,252,197.65 |
2016/February | 6,244,879.10 | 1,374,570.94 |
2016/March | 4,926,038.55 | 1,034,297.68 |
2016/April | 4,355,845.10 | 870,177.17 |
2016/May | 5,651,227.00 | 1,122,984.81 |
2016/June | 5,564,509.60 | 1,069,628.55 |
2016/July | 6,137,291.40 | 1,126,545.03 |
2016/August | 5,712,643.20 | 1,081,300.12 |
2016/September | 6,050,859.60 | 1,144,175.61 |
2016/October | 8,726,222.20 | 1,572,752.07 |
2016/November | 8,065,506.00 | 1,447,962.86 |
2016/December | 4,043,833.80 | 707,386.60 |
2017/January | 8,043,492.60 | 1,333,395.58 |
2017/February | 9,281,889.80 | 1,732,237.15 |
2017/March | 9,828,862.80 | 1,748,338.14 |
2017/April | 5,066,204.60 | 866,304.03 |
2017/May | 7,459,529.60 | 1,207,927.74 |
2017/June | 6,278,574.20 | 1,319,117.96 |
2017/July | 7,240,940.50 | 1,467,334.19 |
2017/August | 8,267,516.80 | 1,633,639.92 |
2017/September | 7,184,473.30 | 1,218,055.11 |
Total | 178,027,060.56 | 34,126,506.32 |