§ Mr. Jim LesterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what would have been the cost to the Exchequer over the last 12-month period for which figures are available if all appliance prescriptions written by dispensing doctors in England and Wales had been dispensed(a) by pharmacy contractors and (b) by appliance contractors.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThis information is not available in the form requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.