§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the levels of prescriptions, in millions, issued in Scotland for the following categories in 1979; tranquillisers, non-barbiturate hypnotics and antidepressants.
§ Mr. FairgrieveFollowing the revision of therapeutic classifications in 1975 figures are no longer kept in the classifications requested. The estimated numbers of prescriptions for broadly comparable classifications for 1979 are shown below.
million Sedatives and Tranquillisers 2.33 Hypnotics 1.83 Anti-depressants 0.64 Anti-depressants-sedative/tranquilliser combinations 0.09