HC Deb 20 December 1988 vol 144 cc245-6W
Ms. Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions for benzodiazepines were dispensed by community pharmacists in each of the years 1983 to 1986.

Mr. Mellor

[holding answer 19 December 1988]: This is the information:

millions
Number of prescriptions
1983 28.7
1984 28.0
1985 25.7
1986 25.4