§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to provide the Back Book free of charge to patients; [128485]
(2) how many copies of the Back Book have been sold in each year since its publication. [128486]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 3 July 2000]: The Back Book was published by The Stationery Office in 1996. I understand that, to date, 115,157 packs of 10 copies have been sold. We do not have information on how that figure breaks down year by year.
We have no plans to provide the Back Book free of charge to patients.