§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will give for any convenient stated period, the amount of moneys received in respect of schoolchildren having to pay the prescription charges; and what estimate he has made of the loss to the Revenue in any given year of allowing all disabled and sick schoolchildren to have free prescriptions.
§ Mr. EnnalsPrecise figures for answering the first part of the Question are not available; but, it is estimated that if all schoolchildren were exempt from prescription charges the loss might be in excess of £500,000 in a full year.