§ Mr. Mike Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total amount of moneys recovered from retail pharmacists under the discount scale for each of the last five years for which figures are available and the total amount recovered during the same period, respectively, from dispensing doctors and from pharmaceutical manufacturers under the pharmaceutical price regulation scheme.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe amounts recovered for discount on drug costs from retail chemists in England were:
£ million 1977–78 7.7 1978–79 5.3 1979–80 8.7 1980–81 11.3 1981–82 34.4 No discount adjustment was made between 1 October 1978 and 28 February 1979 to repay chemists for earlier over-deductions. The average adjustment was increased from 1.54 per cent. to 5.44 per cent. on 1 June 1981.
Reimbursement of the cost of drugs to dispensing doctors is not subject to a discount adjustment.
The value of excess profits recovered from pharmaceutical manufacturers in the United Kingdom under the pharmaceutical price regulation scheme were:
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£ million 1977–78 2.630 1978–79 1.676 1979–80 1.268 1980–81 1.619 1981–82 0.718