{"value":{"id":1403545,"askingMemberId":3930,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-01-17T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-01-19T00:00:00","uin":"105459","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2021 to Question 58359, if he will make it his policy to abolish prescription charges in England; and if he will make a statement.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4362,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-01-19T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The consultation closed on 3 September 2021. No decisions on the proposals have yet been made and the Government’s response will be published in due course. We have no plans to abolish prescription charges in England. Approximately 89% of prescriptions are already dispensed free of charge and arrangements are in place to help those most in need.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Prescriptions: Fees and Charges","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1403545","method":"GET"}]}