§ Mr. McFallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many prescriptions were issued in each health board area in Scotland in each year since 1990 for(a) temazepam, (b) dihydrocodeine, (c) methadone and (d) buprenorphine.
§ Mr. StewartThe information by health board is not available prior to 1992.
The information for each health board for the calendar years 1992 and 1993 and totals for Scotland for 1990 and 1991 are set out in the tables:
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Number of Prescriptions Health Board 1992 1993 Temazepam Argyll and Clyde 95,408 85,717 Ayrshire and Arran 91,452 83,649 Borders 20,315 19,526 Dumfries and Galloway 30,946 29,643 Fife 49,377 46,437 Forth Valley 60,717 57,088 Grampian 83,186 80,657 Greater Glasgow 216,188 191,570 Highland 25,849 25,810 Lanarkshire 125,126 115,659 Lothian 129,967 128,488 Orkney 2,236 2,105 Shetland 1,602 1,652 Tayside 95,979 86,897 Western Isles 4,892 4,533 All Scotland Total 1,033,240 959,431 Dihydrocodeine Argyll and Clyde 25,061 27,904 Ayrshire and Arran 25,226 28,297 Borders 2,837 3,289 Dumfries and Galloway 8,274 8,614 Fife 13,954 15,128 Forth Valley 18,512 19,505 Grampian 17,623 19,739 Greater Glasgow 90,964 99,075 Highland 10,324 11,708 Lanarkshire 26,004 28,992 Lothian 44,929 48,274 Orkney 631 626 Shetland 882 946 Tayside 19,678 21,565 Western Isles 1,434 1,375 All Scotland Total 306,333 335,037 Methadone Argyll and Clyde 3,033 4,131 Ayrshire and Arran 3,004 4,836 Borders 354 262 Dumfries and Galloway 1,284 2,327 Fife 1,705 1,990 Forth Valley 4,558 4,238 Grampian 7,502 10,311 Greater Glasgow 11,066 25,995 Highland 1,014 688 Lanarkshire 714 1,178 Lothian 16,526 18,011 Orkney 27 44 Shetland 18 57 Tayside 13,564 14,390 Western Isles 9 1 All Scotland Total 64,378 88,459 Buprenorphine Argyll and Clyde 3,759 2,060 Ayrshire and Arran 5,471 2,916 Borders 460 433 Dumfries and Galloway 1,321 1,067
Health Board 1992 1993 Fife 2,797 2,575 Forth Valley 2,041 1,793 Grampian 3,923 3,422 Greater Glasgow 11,479 3,284 Highland 1,329 1,210 Lanarkshire 5,277 3,178 Lothian 4,528 4,070 Orkney 150 104 Shetland 15 17 Tayside 5,494 4,906 Western Isles 198 151 All Scotland Total 48,242 31,186
Drug Number of prescriptions 1990 Temazepam 791,578 Dihydrocodeine 223,556 Methadone 26,440 Buprenorphine 51,833 1991 Temazepam 879,868 Dihydrocodeine 269,400 Methadone 33,402 Buprenorphine 55,399