HC Deb 12 November 1971 vol 825 c280W
Mr. Golding

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the estimated current annual cost of administering prescription charges; and what total sums are being recovered from patients not entitled to exemption.

Mr. Alison:

For Great Britain annual administrative costs, including payments to chemists, are about £1½ million; prescription charges are currently yielding about £26½ million a year.