§ Mr. Hollandasked the Minister of Health what was the cost of his Department's advertisements appearing in the Sunday Telegraph, the Sunday Times,
1968 1967 No. of prescriptions (a) Period Issued Dispensed without charge Charges refunded Column (iii) plus Column (iv) Column (v) as a percentage of Column (ii) No. of prescriptions issued (a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (v) (vii) 000's 000's 000's 000's % 000's June 10th to 30th 12,993 6,130 294 6,424 49 16,667 (b) July 20,048 9,907 505 10,412 52 21,150 TOTAL 33,041 16,037 799 16,836 51 37,817 NOTES: (a) These figures relate to the numbers of items dispensed by chemists in England and Wales. (b) The number of prescriptions for the period 10th-30th June, 1967 has been assumed to be 19/26ths of the total for the whole month.