HC Deb 28 March 1972 vol 834 cc47-8W
Mr. Harold Walker

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will raise the age limit for exemption from prescription charges from 15 to 16 years concurrently with the raising of the school leaving age.

Mr. Alison

No relationship is intended between the age limit for automatic exemption from prescription charges and the age of ending full-time education, and we see no reason to alter the existing arrangements.