§ Mr. GaleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give details of the drug testing scheme results for European Economic Community-manufactured general drugs in the latest year for which figures are available;
(2) if he will give details of the drug testing scheme results for the European Economic Community-manufactured and non-European Economic Community-manufactured proprietary drugs for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. NewtonI regret that no information is available about the country of origin of the drugs tested under the 41W scheme for testing drugs dispensed by Community pharmacies. The information available for England in the period 1 April 1986 to 31 March 1987 is as follows:
Number of samples tested Proprietary Non-proprietary Total: 1,875 2,598 (i) No action taken 1,843 2,560 (ii) Faults and deficiencies in manufacture of proprietary products or faults and deficiencies which cannot be checked by independent analysts 8 9 (iii) Minor error in dispensing 9 7 (iv) Referred to pharmaceutical service committee 15 22