Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent from the public purse on the Commission on Human Medicines Expert Working Group on Hormone Pregnancy Tests.

The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) advises health ministers on the safety, efficacy and quality of medicinal products. Expert Working Groups of the CHM are comprised of independent experts who work on a voluntary basis and receive reasonable expenses. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency provide a secretariat function to the CHM and its Expert Working Groups. This is included in Agency costs. The Agency is an Executive Agency of the Department and it is established as a Government trading fund, with its work predominantly funded by fees charged to the industry it regulates.