Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish details of the temporary community pharmacy closures in each Clinical Commissioning Group area for each year since 2010 including the (a) date of closure, (b) reason for closure and (c) date of reopening.

Information on temporary closures of community pharmacies is not held centrally. Information on permanent closures of community pharmacies is not held in the format requested. The NHS Business Service Authority holds information on pharmacy contracts rather than pharmacy premises. The closure of a contract does not necessarily mean that the pharmacy has closed. The reason for the change of contract is not recorded and information is not held for each clinical commissioning group.