Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 4 September (HL2165), at what administrative level data on Accessible Information Standard compliance in pharmacies is collected; which local bodies, including Integrated Care Boards and NHS trusts, hold records on compliance; and whether the Department of Health and Social Care plan to request these local records to evaluate national compliance with this statutory obligation.

Data on compliance with the Accessible Information Standard is held locally by healthcare providers, whilst responsibility for monitoring compliance rests with the commissioner of the service such as integrated care boards and NHS England.

The Department does not currently hold these records centrally and has no immediate plans to request them for a national evaluation.