HC Deb 18 November 1981 vol 13 cc180-2W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of people currently in receipt of supplementary benefit from each of his Department's local offices in the Wolverhampton district; and what were the numbers from each office for 1978, 1979, and 1980, respectively.

Mrs. Chalker

For the two local offices in the Wolverhampton district (Wolverhampton north and Wolverhampton*south) the numbers are as follows:

served by the Wolverhampton district office are currently in receipt of supplementary benefits; and what were the comparable figures in 1978, 1979 and 1980, respectively.

Mrs. Chalker

The information is as follows:

the National Health Service in 1980; and what were the pharmaceutical sales to the National Health Service as a percentage of the total National Health Service cost for the same period.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

[pursuant to his reply, 10 November 1981, Vol. 12, c. 76–77]: The figure of £176 million for National Health Service drug costs in England should have read £776 million.