§ Mr. Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage of general practice pharmacists that label all dispensed medicines by mechanical rather than handwritten methods.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information requested is not available. I understand however that from 1 January 1984
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Catering Domestic/Cleaning Laundry District Health Authority Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts £ £ £ £ £ £ Northern Region Hartlepool 537,381 — 901,446 12,281 126,579 — North Tees 906,819 — 1,178,562 909 146,846 530 South Tees 2,037,738 15 2,411,899 25,565 224,869 4,636 East Cumbria 1,156,048 — 1,421,268 11,262 231,299 7,291 South Cumbria 919,863 — 865,446 4,688 182,404 5,564 West Cumbria 1,000,719 14,294 998,310 3,225 151,234 1,242 Darlington 1,147,414 — 1,206,131 13,456 362,198 — Durham 929,285 — 1,177,931 1,739 37,355 4,165 North West Durham 658,122 — 839,854 5,804 127,178 251 South West Durham 1,425,858 — 1,747,123 12,398 165,060 359 Northumberland 2,988,546 — 2,930,542 8,196 388,364 1,924 Gateshead 1,120,006 — 1,589,213 24,564 103,068 — Newcastle upon Tyne 3,810,687 556 5,027,269 55,437 706,865 191,820 North Tyneside 711,622 62 964,434 3,577 100,105 2,159 South Tyneside 821,258 — 1,198,146 21,739 194,795 933 Sunderland 2,302,985 8,475 2,953,707 16,386 446,206 — Yorkshire Region Hull 1,902,096 — 2,650,093 43,209 354,856 14,908 East Yorkshire 1,674,573 — 1,731,269 13,360 272,728 23,982 Grimsby 695,165 — 976,094 10,432 109,696 1,965 Scunthorpe 839,126 — 1,108,764 17,097 176,541 2,888 Northallerton 403,071 5,813 489,995 4,995 96,361 95,536 York 2,416,923 — 2,374,939 10,186 354,469 43,923 Scarborough 696,910 — 880,999 4,697 124,320 5,029 Harrogate 963,560 — 1,123,710 3,705 129,277 7,831 Bradford 2,553,620 — 2,900,765 26,132 404,076 18,590 Airedale 1,403,019 — 1,021,750 5,647 200,302 5,085 Calderdale 1,480,755 — 1,205,557 8,569 249,094 2,378 Huddersfield 1,830,278 — 1,991,579 16,223 375,489 5,141 Dewsbury 821,700 — 1,248,899 6,253 223,609 41,520 Leeds Western 3,190,826 — 3,389,823 376,263 876,930 179,810 Leeds Eastern 2,588,989 — 3,834,249 57,780 497,564 — Wakefield 1,893,871 — 1,470,101 15,588 393,084 23,030 Pontefract 823,600 — 1,115,665 6,815 232,983 552 Trent Region North Derbyshire 1,461,006 — 1,741,213 9,080 280,930 25,349 it will be a professional requirement of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain that all labels for medicines dispensed by general practice pharmacists should be either typed or machine printed.