§ Mr. Pavittasked the Minister of Health what was the total gross payment by executive councils to pharmacists in the year 1964–65; what was the total for the actual cost of drugs, exclusive of container allowances; and what percentage of the total this represents.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe figures for England and Wales are:
£106,047,000 (excluding £5,501,000 arrears for previous years under a remuneration settlement); £71,423,000; 67. 35 per cent. The expenditure figures include payments (estimated at about 4 per cent. of the total in each case) in respect of dressings and appliances as well as drugs.