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Mr. Geraint Howells
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many prescriptions were issued in each of the years from 1980 for (a) psychotropic drugs and (b) hypnotic drugs.
Mr. Grist
Information on number of prescriptions by type of drug is readily available only by therapeutic class. Hypnotic drugs are a class on their own, but psychotropic drugs are included in classes comprising sedatives, tranquillisers and anti-depressants.
| Number of prescriptions (Thousands) | ||
| Hypnotics | Sedatives/tranquillisers/anti-depressants | |
| 1980 | 1,149 | 1,925 |
| 1981 | 1,138 | 1,931 |
| 1982 | 1,129 | 1,885 |
Hypnotics
| Sedatives/tranquillisers/anti-depressants
| |
| 1983 | 1,103 | 1,692 |
| 1984 | 1,137 | 1,598 |
| 1985 | 1,104 | 1,514 |
| 1986 | 1,216 | 1,493 |
| 1987 | 1,211 | 1,513 |
| 1988 | 1,139 | 1,383 |