§ Dr. Broughtonasked the Minister of Health the average cost of a National Health Service prescription in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951, respectively.
§ Mr. CrookshankThe average cost in 1948, 1949 and 1950, respectively, was approximately 2s. 3½d., 2s. 8½d. and 2s. 11d. Complete figures for 1951 are not available, but the average cost from January to May inclusive was approximately 3s. 2d.
§ Mr. F. Andersonasked the Minister of Health the average number of outpatients during the last six months attending the Whitehaven Hospital; the number and cost of prescriptions over the same period; and how many prescriptions were issued at a cost of less than 1s.
§ Mr. CrookshankMost of the information asked for is not available and could be obtained only with the expenditure of disproportionate time and trouble.