HC Deb 07 February 1986 vol 91 c289W
Mr. Colin Shepherd

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the present cost to his Department of the administrative processing of a prescription.

Mr. Hayhoe

The administrative cost of the Prescription Pricing Authority in 1984–85 was 4.62p per prescription.

Mr. Colin Shepherd

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the percentage of prescriptions for prescription-only medicines which have a content value of less than £2.

Mr. Hayhoe

I regret that the information required can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

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