HC Deb 05 June 2000 vol 351 c28W
Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many diabetics registered in(a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire have received prescribed pen needles; and if he will make a statement. [123794]

Mr. Denham

Insulin pen needles and certain reusable insulin pens were added to the Drug Tariff with effect from March 2000. Figures are not yet available as to how many pen needles have been prescribed since March 1.