questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to maintain free prescriptions for pensioners not in receipt of (a) pension credit and (b) other benefits.
answerText: In England, people aged 60 years old and over are entitled to free prescriptions. There are currently no plans to change the upper age exemption or criteria for free prescriptions due to pension credit and other qualifying benefits.Approximately 89% of pr...
heading: Prescriptions: Pensioners