HC Deb 04 August 1976 vol 916 c839W
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 past five years.

Dr. Owen

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

£ million
1971 136.6
1972 154.6
1973 170.5
1974 203.7
1975 263.2