§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the number of prescriptions dispensed each year for the past five years,
Year ending Number of prescription forms Number of items dispensed Total costs (including net ingredient cost) £ 1980 183,690,348 303,333,862 898,099,067 1981 181,093,257 299,973,076 1,026,335,282 1982 186,697,829 311,268,587 1,180,894,802 1983 188,538,148 315,275,070 1,307,859,137 1984 190,809,484 320,542,611 1,408,743,185