United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 139314
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
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14 March 2022
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17 March 2022 · Answer
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measure of inflation over what period of time was used by his Department to determine the increase in NHS prescription charges implemented on (a) 1 April 2019, (b) 1 April 2020 and (c) 1 April
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14 March 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measure of inflation over what period of time was used by his Department to determine the increase in NHS prescription charges implemented on (a) 1 April 2019, (b) 1 April 2020 and (c) 1 April
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17 March 2022
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The Department used the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) deflator as a measure of inflation, as forecasted by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), to uplift prescription charges in 2019 and 2020. In 2021, an average GDP deflator of actual GDP deflator ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-14/139314
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1440852
- uk · wq-1440852 · source updated 17 March 2022