HC Deb 11 January 1990 vol 164 cc713-4W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by regional health authority, for the latest data he has available, what tests are being carried out on children for hyperkinesis; what is the percentage of those diagnosed as suffering from this condition; at what ages these tests are carried out; what were the comparable figures(a) five and (b) 10 years ago; and at what age these tests are stopped.

Total cost of prescriptions dispensed by chemists, appliance contractors and dispensing doctors (Based on 1988–89 prices)
April 1986 to March 1987 April 1987 to March 1988
Total cost(£ thousands) Total cost per head(£) Total cost(£ thousands) Total cost per head(£)
Cleveland 25,879 46.41 27,467 49.54
Cumbria 22,234 45,69 23,567 48.40
Durham 28,367 47.31 30,154 50.37
Northumberland 13,728 45.61 14,605 48.53
Gateshead 9,703 46.80 10,107 48.85
Newcastle 13,249 47.08 13,930 49.28
North Tyne 10,649 55.38 11,247 58.31
South Tyne 7,303 46.54 7,789 49.85
Sunderland 15,085 50.67 15,987 53.81
Northern RHA 146,197 47.46 154,853 50.33
Humberside 39,740 46.84 42,465 50.16
North Yorkshire 30,444 43.50 32,523 46.08
Bradford 20,495 44.26 21,882 47.31
Calderdale 9,031 46.77 9,602 49.28
Kirklees 15,146 40.22 16,367 43.55
Leeds 32,158 45.23 34,153 48.17
Wakefield 14,842 47.99 15,854 51.10
Yorkshire RHA 161,857 44.94 172,846 47.95
Derbyshire 37,401 40.80 40,250 43.81
Leicester 35,575 40,66 36,198 43.44
Lincoln 27,168 47.89 29,988 52.19
Nottinghamshire 39,197 38.95 42,085 41.76
Barnsley 11,315 50.92 12,198 55.08
Doncaster 13,485 46.61 14,714 50.73
Rotherham 10,549 41.85 11,281 44.74
Sheffield 23,261 43.53 24,700 46.40
Trent RHA 197,951 42.45 213,394 45.64
Cambridgeshire 25,142 39.58 26,958 41.96
Norfolk 32,740 44,99 35,417 48.11
Suffolk 26,354 41.92 28,148 44.32
East Anglia RHA 84,236 42.30 90,524 44.95
Bedford 20,843 40.01 22,193 42.20
Hertfordshire 37,940 38.49 40,356 40.89
Barnet 11,911 39.10 12,608 41.22

Mr. Freeman

This information is not collected centrally.