Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

1. How many individuals with disabilities have been issued with penalty charges in the past 12 months?

2. How many individuals are assessed for vulnerability prior to a penalty charge being issued?

3. How many penalty charges have been issued in total over the past 12 months by the NHS for prescriptions?

4. How many penalty charges have been issued to individuals who were in receipt of a recently (with 12 months) expired medical exemption certificate at the time that their penalty charge was issued?

Your request was received on 3rd July and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 

Response

Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data. 

1. NHSBSA does not hold the requested information.

2. NHSBSA does not hold the requested information.

3. 537,583

4. NHSBSA does not hold the requested information.

Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at: 

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01302

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