No-fault Compensation (Hansard, 25 February 1992)

§ Mr. Kennedy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the working of no-fault compensation schemes; and if he will make a statement.

Total Prescriptions Dispensed by Chemist and Appliance Contractors
FPC Name	1989–90	1990–91
	Total	Chargeable	Percentage	Total	Chargeable	Percentage
Cleveland	4,645,593	674,509	14.5	4,742,004	648,293	13.7
Cumbria	3,465,124	650,960	18.8	3,566,067	633,483	17.8
Durham	4,875,161	740,129	15.2	5,005,114	708,441	14.2
Northumberland	2,077,930	375,987	18.1	2,135,101	365,735	17.1
Gateshead	1,774,914	258,388	14.6	1,791,076	244,524	13.7
Newcastle upon Tyne	2,551,553	326,188	12.8	2,585,659	312,000	12.1
North Tyneside	1,838,823	251,353	13.7	1,853,674	237,069	12.8
South Tynside	1,441,112	171,487	11.9	1,479,724	161,017	10.9
Sunderland	2,898,914	342,866	11.8	2,926,604	325,004	11.1
Northern	25,569,124	3,791,868	14.8	26,085,023	3,635,566	13.9
Humberside	6,768,700	1,027,742	15.2	6,846,640	978,061	14.3
North Yorkshire	4,275,083	757,755	17.7	4,389,417	740,198	16.9
Bradford	4,277,766	578,667	13.5	4,328,881	549,174	12.7
Calderdale	1,639,454	271,693	16.6	1,702,257	267,932	15.7
Kirklees	2,857,411	513,388	18.0	2,898,651	486,789	16.8
Leeds	6,013,320	930,678	15.5	6,104,747	890.517	14.6
Wakefield	2,759,190	438,637	15.9	2,844,187	425,105	14.9
Yorkshire	28,590,924	4,518,559	15.8	29,114,780	4,337,776	14.9
Derbyshire	6,487,547	1,184,802	18.3	6,624,863	1,143,588	17.3
Leicestershire	6,153,752	1,153,423	1.87	6,271,886	1,100,908	17.6
Lincolnshire	3,658,907	619,919	16.9	3,757,464	584,846	15.6
Nottinghamshire	7,254,541	1,285,193	17.7	7,458,561	1,228,879	16.5
Barnsley	2,191,445	279,842	12.8	2,187,861	260,122	11.9

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