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Mr. Fearn
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how much prescription charges have risen in cash and real terms between April 1979 and April 1988.
Mr. Newton
The information requested is set out as follows:
April 1979
| April 1988
| Percentage change
| ||
£
| £
| Cash
| Real 1
| |
| Prescription charge | ·20 | 2·60 | 1,200 | 577 |
| Pre-payment certificate: | ||||
| 4-monthiy | — | 13·50 | n/a | n/a |
| 6-monthly | 2·00 | — | n/a | n/a |
| Annual | 3·50 | 37·50 | 971 | 458 |
Note:
| ||||
| n/a not available. | ||||
1 Adjusted in line with the RPI. | ||||