§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people in 1979 and 1980 were prescribed drugs in the categories of diazepam and 218W chlordiazepoxide, in particular the drugs valium and librium, respectively; and how many of those prescribed these drugs were women and how many men.
§ Dr. Vaughan[pursuant to his reply, 14 April 1981, c. 95]: Prescriptions for diazepam and chlordiazepoxide dispensed in England by chemist and appliance contractors in 1978 and 1979—the latest years for which information is available—numbered as follows:
1978 (millions) 1979 (millions) Diazepam 9.203 8.708 Chlordiazepoxide 2.569 2.634 The data do not provide a reference to the gender of patients. Information about prescriptions issued for individual drugs is of commercial value and therefore regarded as confidential.