§ Mr. Andrew RobathanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many pharmacy dispensing contracts were issued in each of the last five years. [77246]
§ Mr. LammyInformation on the number of decisions on applications, or of decisions on applications on appeal, relating to the provision of National Health Service pharmaceutical services for the years 1996–97 to 2000–01 is contained in tables 10 and 11 respectively of the Department's statistical bulletin "General Pharmaceutical Services in England and Wales 1991–92 to 2000–01". Information on the number of community pharmacies providing NHS dispensing services which opened in the same period is available in table 4 of the same bulletin. A copy has been placed in the Library.