HC Deb 12 July 1976 vol 915 c68W
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 Leek parliamentary constituency in each of the past five years.

Dr. Owen

The costs of drugs dispensed by chemists under the National Health Service in the Leek parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years were:

£
1971 208,802
1972 231,545
1973 264,820
1974 307,762
1975 480,604

The doctors who prescribed the drugs may not all be in the constituency.