§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost of medicinal drugs as a percentage of NHS funding for the next five years; and what the figure was for the last five years. [115943]
§ Ms StuartDecisions about the amount spent on drugs over the next five years will be made locally.
The table shows the expenditure on drugs as a percentage of National Health Service funding for each of the past five years.
Total NHS drugs bill as a percentage of total NHS expenditure Year Percentage 1994–95 12.1 1995–96 12.7 1996–97 13.3 1997–98 13.7 1998–99 13.8