HC Deb 09 March 1973 vol 852 c230W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the value of drugs prescribed under the National Health Service by chemists in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Sir K. Joseph

The costs of drugs dispensed by chemists under the National Health Service in England in the last five years were:—

£ million
1968 101.4
1969 111.4
1970 122.5
1971 136.6
1972 154.6