§ Mr. Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the revenue in each of the last 10 years from dental charges, optical charges and prescriptions; and what proportion these amounted to of the total expenditure on each of these services.
§ Mr. Moyle:Figures, relating to the family practitioner services in England, are as follows:
§ Mr. Ennals:It was necessary for me to intervene in advance of receiving the joint report in order to bring expenditure by this AHA(T) under control. The AHA(T) has now agreed to reduce its estimated overspending in 1978–79 by £1 million and to contain its expenditure in 1979–80 to within the 1977–78 level in real terms. I have told the RHA and AHA(T) that I shall not now require the report originally 907W envisaged but that I would like the joint meetings between the authorities to turn attention to the position from 1980–81 onwards and to submit a joint report on this to me.