HC Deb 11 November 1988 vol 140 cc353-4W
Mr. Fisher

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many FP10 forms have been issued by general practitioners in each of the last 10 years;

(2) how many FP10 forms were submitted to chemists and other dispensaries in each of the last 10 years.

Mrs. Currie

I regret that we do not hold information on the number of FP10 forms issued by general practitioners. The number of forms sent by chemist contractors in England to the Prescription Pricing Authority were as follows:

Year Number of forms (millions)
1978 186.5
1979 184.0
1980 183.7

Year Number of forms (millions)
1981 181.1
1982 186.7
1983 188.5
1984 190.8
1985 191.6
1986 192.2
1987 198.0

These figures exclude prescriptions dispensed by doctors.