§ Mr. AlexanderTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 17 December 1992,Official Report, column 412, what has been the annual increase, in percentage terms, of the cost of the indicative prescribing scheme for NHS doctors in 1991–92 compared with the previous year; and if she will give the figure in real terms, deflating by the price index for NHS medicines.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThis information is not available because the indicative prescribing scheme for general practitioners only came into effect in April 1991.