Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total NHS expenditure on midazolam was in each year since 2016.

Publicly available data on the cost and volume of midazolam dispensed in the community in England year on year is maintained by the NHS Business Services Authority and is available at the following link:

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/prescription-cost-analysis-england/prescription-cost-analysis-england-202526

Data from 2018 and earlier can be found at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/prescription-cost-analysis