§ Mr. MossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the expenditure in the primary care prescribed drugs budget broken down by(a) health board, (b) head of population, (c) practice category, (i) fundholding and (ii) non-fundholding, and (d) patient of (i) fundholding practices and (ii) non-fundholding practices. [35702]
§ Mr. WorthingtonThe information requested is as follows:
(a) Drugs budget by health board (£) Eastern Board 83,014,327 Northern Board 44,963,749 Southern Board 38,196,539 Western Board 31,231,426 (b) Drugs budget by head of population £112.93.
(c) Drugs budget by practice category Fundholding (£) Non fundholding (£) Eastern Board 46,156,200 36,858,127 Northern Board 16,388,098 28,575,651 Southern Board 7,737,096 30,459,443 Western Board 7,751,955 23,479,471
(d) Drugs budget by patient Fundholding (£) Non fundholding (£) Eastern Board 108.89 125.92 Northern Board 98.07 118.2 Southern Board 104 120.87 Western Board 108.18 104.57