§ 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 anti-depressants.
§ 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 1978 are shown below. Figures for 1979 are not yet available.
Sedatives and Tranquillisers 2.38m Hypnotics l.80m Anti-depressants 0.62m Anti-depressants-sedatives/ tranquilliser combinations 0.09m
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many
600Wreports on dampness in local authority houses which he is at present studying.
§ Mr. RifkindFollowing upon the information about condensation and dampness provided by housing authorities in their 1978 housing plans, professional officers of the Scottish Development Department, in consultation with officers of 16 selected authorities, are analysing the relative influence of the many possible causative factors which may be at work in each area.
This analysis will be completed later this year. If any conclusions emerge which are likely to be of general interest, I shall certainly consider how they should be made known.