§ Mr. MillerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answers of 15 June,Official Report, columns 623–24, on prescriptions, what is the difference between the figure of £909 million for 1993 and the figure for the total net ingredient costs of all 100 items in the list she regards as "Commercial; in Confidence;" and if she will make a statement. [29927]
§ Mr. MaloneThe data supplied to Chester and Ellesmere Port community health council differed from information supplied in my answer of 15 June for two reasons:
The information supplied to the community health council was for drugs only and excluded dressings and appliances. The information supplied on 15 June was based on all prescription items.
There was also an error in the extraction of data supplied to the community health council which resulted in the exclusion of six drugs from the top 100 and, consequently, in the inclusion of six others with lower total net ingredient cost.