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Written question asked by Julie Cooper (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 July 2019 (named day). It was answered by Seema Kennedy (Conservative) on Monday, 8 July 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Prescriptions: Fraud

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money the NHS Business Services Authority has reclaimed from prescription fraud in the 2017-18 financial year.

Answer

We have assumed that the hon. Member is referring to the recovery of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) by the NHS Business Services Authority. In 2017-18, the NHS Business Services Authority’s Prescription Exemption Checking Service, collected £19.4 million against PCNs issued.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
272865
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Fraud Prescriptions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk