HC Deb 21 November 1977 vol 939 cc466-7W
Mr. Ashley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the number of prescriptions for the use of the drug Primodos in the last 12 months and in each year since the promotion was ended.

Mr. Moyle

My Department is at present considering the possibility of publishing figures of the annual number of prescriptions for individual preparations used in the National Health Service. In the meantime, we continue to treat information about the volume of sales of named products as confidential between the Department and the manufacturer concerned.

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