Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

(asked on 14th September 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending free prescriptions to 16, 17 and 18-year-olds completing an apprenticeship.


Answered by
James Frith Portrait
James Frith
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 12th October 2026

No such assessment has been made but we keep all aspects of prescription charging policy under regular review.

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