HC Deb 17 October 1996 vol 282 c1135W
Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the cost of methadone prescriptions for drug addicts for each health board area for the most recent available 12-month period; if he will express this as a cost per 1,000 of the population; what guidance is given on the prescription of methadone; and if he will make a statement. [40677]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible and arrange for a copy of the letter to be placed in the Library of the House.