questionText: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has directed HMRC to review the application of VAT upon medicines supplied free-of-charge via EAMS and other compassionate access schemes.
answerText: VAT is the UK’s second largest tax, forecast to raise £180 billion in 2025/26. Taxation is a vital source of revenue which helps to fund public services. The Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS) allows patients access to free medicines for life threate...
heading: Drugs: VAT