Health written question – answered am ar 7 Ebrill 2010.
Owen Paterson
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people resident in Shropshire have bought a prescription pre-pay certificate in each year since 1997.
Mike O'Brien
Minister of State (Health Services), Department of Health
National Health Service Help with Health Costs (NHS HwHC) do not hold pre-payment certificate information at primary care trust or county level. The information is available at national level for England which has been set out in the following table.
NHS HwHC also do not hold records for the number of pre-payment certificates sold since 1997. Details of certificates issued are retained for seven years. The information available covers April 2003 to February 2010.
| Number of prescription pre-payment certificates issued in England | ||||
| Duration of certificates issued | ||||
| Financial year | Three-month | Four-month | 12-month | Total |
| 2003-04 | - | 572,863 | 461,614 | 1,034,477 |
| 2004-05 | - | 491,576 | 517,882 | 1,009,458 |
| 2005-06 | - | 638,413 | 524,232 | 1,162,645 |
| 2006-07 | - | 650,782 | 520,449 | 1,171,231 |
| 2007-08 | 474,570 | 176,503 | 593,507 | 1,244,580 |
| 2008-09 | 730,592 | - | 652,870 | 1,383,462 |
| 2009-10 | 648,518 | - | 588,820 | 1,237,338 |
| Total | 1,853,680 | 2,530,137 | 3,859,374 | 8,243,191 |
| Notes: 1. 2009-10 only covers 11 months as March 2010 data are not yet available. 2. Between 2004 and June 2007, pre-payment certificates were available to cover a period of four months or 12 months. Since 1 July 2007 the four-month pre-payment certificate has been replaced with certificates covering three months. 3. The summary information used is available only by financial year. Source: Summary of information provided from NHS HwHC prescription pre-payment certificate database. | ||||
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No4 people think not
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