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Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Finance

Asked by Carla LockhartDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 26 March 2026UIN 122233

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department has modelled alternative funding structures for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency that would reduce reliance on industry fees; and if it will publish an

Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed

No such modelling has been undertaken.

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