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Mr. Llwyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the number of small chemist shops or pharmacies located in each local authority area in the counties of Gwynedd and Clwyd in (a) 1980, (b) 1985 and (c) 1992.
Mr. Gwilym Jones
The number of pharmacies in each of the counties in question as well as the number of pharmacies receiving essential small pharmacy scheme payments is given in the table. The information is not available at local authority area level.
| Number of pharmacies | ||
| Total1 | Receiving essential small pharmacy scheme payments2 | |
| Clwyd | ||
| 1980 | 89 | n/a |
| 1985 | 83 | 8 |
| Total1 | Receiving essential small pharmacy scheme payments2 | |
| 1992 | 88 | 5 |
| Gwynedd | ||
| 1980 | 63 | n/a |
| 1985 | 59 | 9 |
| 1992 | 62 | 4 |
| 1 As at 31 December for 1980 and 1985 and at 31 March 1992. | ||
| 2 As at October 1985 and September 1992. | ||
| n/a Not available. | ||
| Rate per 1,000 population aged 65 and over | ||||||
| 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | |
| Clwyd | 41.5 | 42.2 | 41.5 | 40.6 | 40.4 | 36.8 |
| Dyfed | 28.6 | 29.0 | 30.9 | 30.5 | 30.4 | 30.3 |
| Gwent | 19.5 | 21.1 | 19.9 | 18.7 | 18.2 | 16.8 |
| Gwynedd | 36.5 | 39.7 | 41.1 | 39.9 | 39.3 | 38.3 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 20.9 | 22.4 | 23.1 | 23.3 | 24.5 | 22.7 |
| Powys | 30.3 | 31.6 | 31.6 | 31.8 | 32.9 | 30.8 |
| South Glamorgan | 32.5 | 33.9 | 34.7 | 34.7 | 32.7 | 31.3 |
| West Glamorgan | 20.4 | 20.3 | 19.1 | 18.3 | 16.7 | 15.9 |
| Wales | 28.1 | 29.3 | 29.4 | 28.9 | 28.5 | 27.0 |