§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion and what number of prescriptions dispensed in Wales were written in Welsh in 1993–94; and what has been the change in the proportion of prescriptions written in Welsh in the last five years.
§ Mr. RedwoodThis information is not available centrally. Prescriptions are communications between professionals in the NHS and may be dispensed in any part of the United Kingdom. For this reason the British National Formulary states that they should be completed in English, although some Latin abbreviations are acceptable.