§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many prescriptions were issued for the drugs cannabis and heroin in Northern Ireland in 1979.
§ Mr. AlisonNo prescriptions for cannabis or pure heroin were issued in 1979. Heroin-diamorphine hydrochloride is used as an ingredient in certain prescriptions, for example in the treatment of cancer, but details of the number of such prescriptions issued are not available.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many prescriptions were issued in Northern Ireland for the following categories in 1979: tranquillisers, non-barbiturate hypnotics and anti-depressants.
§ Mr. AlisonThis information is not available in the form requested. Prescriptions dispensed for non-barbiturate hypnotics, tranquillisers and anti-depressants are included in the following groups:
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Group Prescription dispensed ('000s) Hypnotics 443 Sedatives and tranquillisers 793 Anti-depressants 149 Anti-depressant and sedative/ tranquilliser combinations 31 many National Health Service mental hospitals are currently in use in Northern Ireland; what is the name of each one; how many staff are employed at each one; what is the annual cost to public funds of employing the staff in each one; and how many inmates occupy places in each hospital.
§ Mr. AlisonApart from a range of psychiatric units, a number of which are attached to general hospitals, there are six mental illness hospitals in Northern Ireland. Information concerning them is as follows: