§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will state the number of prescriptions dispensed annually by chemists under the National 51W Health Service in the Leek parliamentary constituency, or the most closely related area for which figures are available in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. AlisonThe information requested is collected on an executive council basis and the most closely related such area is that of the Staffordshire Executive Council. Boundary changes were, however, made to this area in 1965 and 1966.
The number of prescriptions dispensed under the National Health Service by chemists, drug stores or appliance contractors in the Staffordshire Executive Council area, as constituted in the relevant year, for each of the last 10 years, is shown in the following table:
Year Number of prescriptions (thousands) 1963 3,702 1964 3,875 1965 4,573 1966 3,484 1967 3,004 1968 2,972 1969 2,973 1970 3,030 1971 3,021 1972 3,146