Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

(asked on 24th November 2017) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 4th December 2017

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

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