§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the net ingredient cost for preparations used in the treatment of asthma(a) in total, (b) per health authority and (c) per head of population per health authority, in each of the last five years. [43694]
Ingredient cost (£ million) Ingredient cost per patient on GP lists (£) Health Board 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Argyll and Clyde 3.206 3.575 3.867 4.120 4.455 7.18 8.06 8.81 9.39 10.15 Ayrshire and Arran 3.470 3.972 4.373 4.665 5.096 8.86 10.12 11.17 11.91 13.06 Borders 0.880 0.949 0.999 1.036 1.142 8.21 8.80 9.25 9.56 10.56 Dumfries and Galloway 1.078 1.195 1.293 1.412 1.573 7.03 7.80 8.43 9.21 10.31 Fife 2.377 2.627 2.892 3.122 3.496 6.76 7.44 8.16 8.80 9.84 Forth Valley 2.004 2.275 2.490 2.697 2.968 6.90 7.83 8.54 9.27 10.21 Grampian 3.546 3.960 4.337 4.643 4.980 6.69 7.22 8.05 8.59 9.22 Greater Glasgow 7.198 8.099 8.841 9.251 9.796 7.12 8.13 8.92 9.33 9.96 Highland 1.248 1.401 1.557 1.752 1.890 5.88 6.58 7.28 8.15 8.76 Lanarkshire 4.448 5.074 5.706 6.050 6.590 7.62 8.68 9.78 10.32 11.29 Lothian 5.237 5.652 6.091 6.461 7.279 6.52 7.03 7.57 7.93 8.89 Orkney 0.109 0.130 0.144 0.149 0.156 5.45 6.47 7.17 7.38 7.81 Shetland 0.100 0.111 0.128 0.141 0.158 4.46 4.82 5.57 6.12 6.95 Tayside 3.435 3.936 4.388 4.741 4.979 8.36 9.58 10.73 11.57 12.17 Western Isles 0.142 0.172 0.201 0.215 0.229 4.76 5.77 6.76 7.27 7.88 Scotland 38.478 43.128 47.307 50.455 54.787 17.17 18.03 18.84 19.40 110.22 1 Based on cost of ingredients divided by the total numbers of patients on GP lists