HC Deb 25 February 1992 vol 204 cc443-4W
Mr. Kennedy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the working of no-fault compensation schemes; and if he will make a statement.

Total Prescriptions Dispensed by Chemist and Appliance Contractors
FPC Name 1989–90 1990–91
Total Chargeable Percentage Total Chargeable Percentage
Cleveland 4,645,593 674,509 14.5 4,742,004 648,293 13.7
Cumbria 3,465,124 650,960 18.8 3,566,067 633,483 17.8
Durham 4,875,161 740,129 15.2 5,005,114 708,441 14.2
Northumberland 2,077,930 375,987 18.1 2,135,101 365,735 17.1
Gateshead 1,774,914 258,388 14.6 1,791,076 244,524 13.7
Newcastle upon Tyne 2,551,553 326,188 12.8 2,585,659 312,000 12.1
North Tyneside 1,838,823 251,353 13.7 1,853,674 237,069 12.8
South Tynside 1,441,112 171,487 11.9 1,479,724 161,017 10.9
Sunderland 2,898,914 342,866 11.8 2,926,604 325,004 11.1
Northern 25,569,124 3,791,868 14.8 26,085,023 3,635,566 13.9
Humberside 6,768,700 1,027,742 15.2 6,846,640 978,061 14.3
North Yorkshire 4,275,083 757,755 17.7 4,389,417 740,198 16.9
Bradford 4,277,766 578,667 13.5 4,328,881 549,174 12.7
Calderdale 1,639,454 271,693 16.6 1,702,257 267,932 15.7
Kirklees 2,857,411 513,388 18.0 2,898,651 486,789 16.8
Leeds 6,013,320 930,678 15.5 6,104,747 890.517 14.6
Wakefield 2,759,190 438,637 15.9 2,844,187 425,105 14.9
Yorkshire 28,590,924 4,518,559 15.8 29,114,780 4,337,776 14.9
Derbyshire 6,487,547 1,184,802 18.3 6,624,863 1,143,588 17.3
Leicestershire 6,153,752 1,153,423 1.87 6,271,886 1,100,908 17.6
Lincolnshire 3,658,907 619,919 16.9 3,757,464 584,846 15.6
Nottinghamshire 7,254,541 1,285,193 17.7 7,458,561 1,228,879 16.5
Barnsley 2,191,445 279,842 12.8 2,187,861 260,122 11.9

Mr. Dorrell

No full assessment has been made of the working of no-fault compensation schemes, although the Department has noted developments in Scandinavian countries and New Zealand. The question of no-fault compensation was fully debated last year during the NHS (Compensation) Bill. The House decided on a free vote against the measure and the Bill did not receive a Second Reading.