HC Deb 20 June 1979 vol 968 cc601-2W
Mr. Michael McGuire

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many chemists' shops have closed in the last 10 years in each of the regions.

Sir George Young

Figures are not available for health regions prior to 1975 From 1 January 1975 to 31 December 1978 the net reduction in each region in the number of pharmacies on NHS, pharmaceutical lists was as follows:—

Northern 49
Yorkshire 51
Trent 39
East Anglian 11
N.W. Thames 10
N.E. Thames 26
S.E. Thames 45
S. W. Thames 21
Wessex 41
Oxford 2
South-Western 66
West Midland 38
Mersey 77
North-Western 102