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Mr. Winnick
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the price would now be for a prescription if the charge had been increased in line with inflation since 1979; and what is the current charge.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
46p; and £3·40. In 1979 two items in every five carried a prescription charge. This compares with only one item in five in 1990.