§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many NHS prescriptions have been issued(a) paid for by patients and (b) in respect of which the patients were exempt from payment in each health board area in Scotland in each year since 1968. [14540]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonAs the information requested, which is only available from the financial year 1979–80, is rather lengthy, I have arranged for copies of the tables to be placed in the Library of the House. The number of prescriptions for which no charge was made at the point of dispensing includes items dispensed on presentation of pre-payment certificates.