Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2023 to Question 904619 on Prescription Drugs, how much money the Government raises net from the approximately 10 per cent of prescriptions which are charged at the point of use after the actual cost of processing prescription charges has been deducted.

The revenue generated from prescription charges in 2021/22 was £652 million. Processing costs are not separately identified as a matter of routine as these costs are incorporated into broader transaction processing costs between the NHS Business Services Authority and community pharmacy, therefore the net income after processing costs is not held centrally.