§ 59. Mr. Maudeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of total National Health Service 467W expenditure was attributable to the cost of drugs in the latest year for which figures are available compared with 1975.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe proportion of total National Health Service expenditure attributable to the cost of drugs was 7.8 per cent. in the financial year 1975–76 and, provisionally, 10.9 per cent. for 1983.84.