HC Deb 27 March 1995 vol 257 c417W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the cost to the NHS of asthma, and asthma-related disorders for(a) 1992, (b) 1993, and (c) 1994. [16584]

Mr. Sackville

The net ingredient cost of national health service prescriptions for asthma medication was £305.2 million in 1992, £348.6 million in 1993 and £381 million in 1994. The net ingredient cost is the basic price of a drug before discounts and the addition of dispensing costs or fees. Information on the cost of other NHS services for asthma is not available for the years requested. In 1989–90, excluding community health services, they cost an estimated £72 million.