Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost was of prescribing puberty blockers to each patient on the NHS in the latest period for which data is available.

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists, or puberty blockers, are used to treat a number of medical conditions in adults, and children and young people. Licensed indications include some hormone-sensitive cancers in adults, and precocious puberty in children. Data regarding the average cost of prescribing puberty blockers to each patient on the National Health Service is not held centrally.