HC Deb 24 November 1987 vol 123 c175W
102. Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the increase in real terms in expenditure on National Health Service drugs between 1980–81 and 1986–87.

Mr. Newton

The increase in real terms of expenditure on National Health Service drugs in England between 1980–81 and 1986–87 was 27 per cent.