§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of prescriptions dispensed annually by chemists under the National Health Service in the Leek parliamentary constituency in each of the past six years.
§ Mr. MoyleI regret this information in the form requested is not available and could not be provided without disproportionate expenditure in staff costs. However, the number of prescriptions dispensed by pharmacists under the National Health Service in the former Staffordshire Executive Council Area, and from April 1974 in the larger Staffordshire Family Practitioner Committee Area, in both of which the Leek constituency is included, were as follows:
STAFFORDSHIRE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AREA Calendar Year 1970 … … 3,030,163 1971 … … 3,021,234 1972 … … 3,145,779 1973 … … 3,306,063 To 31st March 1974 … … 1,083,922
STAFFORDSHIRE FAMILY PRACTITIONER AREA Calendar Year From 1st April 1974 … … 3,933,998 1975 … … 5,522,517