HC Deb 25 March 1980 vol 981 cc502-3W
Mr. Foulkes

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing, for each of the last five years, the receipts of the National Health Service from prescrip-

Prescription charges Dental charges Ophthalmic charges Total
£ million Percentage £ million Percentage £ million Percentage £ million Percentage
1974–75 24.3 0.7 30.4 0.9 16.2 0.5 70.9 2.1
1975–76 23.8 0.5 31.9 0.7 16.7 0.4 72.4 1.6
1976–77 24.3 0.5 39.4 0.8 21.8 0.4 85.5 1.7
1977–78 24.6 0.4 51.3 0.9 23.1 0.4 99.0 1.7
1978–79 25.6 0.4 56.6 0.9 25.9 0.4 108.1 1.7

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