HC Deb 13 February 1968 vol 758 c303W
55. Mr. John Hynd

asked the Minister of Health what was the rise in the cost of National Health Service medicines in each of the full years following the three occasions when prescription charges were made or increased.

Mr. K. Robinson:

Compared with the preceding year, the net cost of prescriptions dispensed by chemists in England and Wales in the year ended 31st March, 1954, was £3. 2 million lower, in the year ended 31st March, 1959, was 0. 4 million higher, and in the year ended 31st March, 1962, was £5. 8 million lower.