HC Deb 29 November 1989 vol 162 c299W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money was raised in prescription charges in England in each year from 1979–80 to 1987–99; and into which fund these receipts were paid.

Mr. Freeman

Prescription charges, including receipts from the sale of pre-payment certificates, in the family practitioner service in England amounted to:

year £ million
1979–80 38.6
1980–81 70.8
1981–82 86.6
1982–83 102.8
1983–84 110.0
1984–85 120.7
1985–86 127.8
1986–87 147.9
1987–88 157.5

The prescription charges collected in the family practitioner services in England are credited to class XIV, Vote 2.