§ Mr. Flynnto ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate how many people(a) have been prescribed and (b) took the steroid prednisolone in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [9604]
§ Mr. MossIt is not possible to identify the number of patients who were prescribed or took prednisolone. Data collected cover only the number of prescriptions dispensed in Northern Ireland, and not how many patients were prescribed any medicinal product.