{"value":{"id":1600426,"askingMemberId":435,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-03-01T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-03-03T00:00:00","uin":"156074","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) average and (b) longest time taken by MHRA to evaluate a clinical trial was in each of the last five years for which data is available.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4423,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-03-08T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>For the financial year 2018/19, the average time taken by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to assess a clinical trial was 23.29 days. The longest time taken was 56 days. For the financial year 2019/20, the average time taken by the MHRA to assess a clinical trial was 23.47 days. The longest time taken was 56 days. For the financial year 2020/21, the average time taken by the MHRA to assess a clinical trial was 21.43 days. The longest time taken was 49 days. For the financial year 2021/22, the average time taken by the MHRA to assess a clinical trial was 27.58 days. The longest time taken was 68 days. For the financial year 2022/23 (April 2022 – February 2023 inclusive), the average time taken by the MHRA to assess a clinical trial was 42.78 days. The longest time taken was 146 days.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Clinical Trials","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1600426","method":"GET"}]}