HC Deb 15 February 1983 vol 37 cc123-4W
39. Mr. Jim Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services by how much the level of prescription charges will have increased on 1 April since May 1979.

49. Mr. Winnick

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what will have been the increase in percentage terms in prescription charges since May 1979.

51. Mr. Norman Hogg

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the percentage increase in prescription charges since May 1979.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

As my right hon. Friend announced on 28 January—[Vol. 35, c.553]—from 1 April 1983 the prescription charge will be £1.40. This represents an increase of £1.20 or 600 per cent. over the May 1979 charge of 20p, which had remained unchanged since April 1971.