Pharmaceutical Payments

David Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total cost of pharmaceutical payments in Northern Ireland was in the last five years; what the total net ingredient cost was; and what the gross cost was per person. (83953)

The information requested is provided as follows.

*Gross cost, net ingredient cost and gross cost per person, 2001 to 2005*
£
	Gross cost	Net ingredient cost	Gross cost per person
2001	295,606,789	272,437,580	175
2002	323,650,874	298,933,228	191
2003	354,350,542	330,158,987	208
2004	380,996,679	365,272,924	223
2005	383,146,826	359,853,479	224
Source: Central Services Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average cost per prescription item in Northern Ireland was in each of the last five years; what the total number of prescription forms was; and what was the average number of prescription items per person was in each year. (83956)

The information requested is provided as follows.

*Total number of prescription items, average cost per prescription item and average number of prescription items per person, 2001 to 2005*
	Total number of prescription items	Average gross cost per prescription item (£)	Average number of prescription items per person
2001	24,551,125	12.04	15
2002	25,419,957	12.73	15
2003	26,399,016	13.42	16
2004	27,318,349	13.95	16
2005	27,959,494	13.70	16
Source: Central Services Agency

Volume 448: debated on Wednesday 12 July 2006