§ Mr. Colin Shepherdasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the present cost to his Department of the administrative processing of a prescription.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe administrative cost of the Prescription Pricing Authority in 1984–85 was 4.62p per prescription.
§ Mr. Colin Shepherdasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the percentage of prescriptions for prescription-only medicines which have a content value of less than £2.
§ Mr. HayhoeI regret that the information required can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.