§ Mr. Michael Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to the answer on 9 December, Official Report, column 496, giving the number of National Health Service prescriptions dispensed by chemists in England in 1984, what was the aggregate cost to the National Health Service, including all special payments and subsidies, of payments made to chemists in England for filling those prescriptions.
§ Mr. HayhoePayments to chemist contractors in England for dispensing National Health Service prescriptions totalled £1,408 million of which £1,078 million represented payment to contractors of the ingredient cost of the dispensed drugs and £330 million represented remuneration payments to contractors.