HL Deb 03 February 2005 vol 669 c65WA
Lord McColl of Dulwich

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What has been the income from prescription charges, to the nearest million pounds, since 1993. [HL1016]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Warner)

The income from prescription charges for the years specified, was as follows:

Year £ million
1993–94 265
1994–95 287
1995–96 299
1996–97 296
1997–98 321
1998–99 341
1999–2000 367
2000–01 389
2001–02 408
2002–03 423
2003–04 426

The income relates to prescriptions written by general practitioners and dispensed in England.