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Mr. Barry Jones
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what, in each of the last five years, has been the average number of prescriptions issued per patient on general practitioner lists in Wales.
Mr. Mark Robinson
The information given in the following table is based on all prescriptions dispensed by chemists, appliance contractors and dispensing doctors in Wales:
| Average number of prescriptions per patient* | |
| 1980–81 | 8·6 |
| 1981–82 | 8·6 |
| 1982–83 | 9·0 |
| 1983–84 | 9·1 |
| 1984–85 | 9·2 |
| * Patients on GP lists at 1 October in each year. | |