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Audrey Wise
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions were issued for benzodiazepine drugs in the last year for which figures are available; and at what cost. [39282]
Mr. Milburn
13.9 million prescription items for benzodiazepines were dispensed in the community in England in 1996. The net ingredient cost was £14.7 million.