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Kumar, Ashok
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Kumar, Ashok (1)
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were prescribed Ritalin in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) the area corresponding as closely as possible to Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland in each of the last seven years, broken down by age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were prescribed Ritalin in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) the area corresponding as closely as possible to Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland in each of the last seven years, broken down by age.
Asked by
Ashok Kumar
(Labour)
Answered by
Caroline Flint
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 April 2007
For answer on
27 April 2007
Answered on
18 May 2007
Ritalin is one brand of the drug methylphenidate hydrochloride. The Department do not hold data on the number of patients prescribed methylphenidate hydrochloride drugs but the table shows the number of prescription items dispensed in the community for the areas requested.Estimated figures are based on a sample of one in 20 prescriptions and have been grossed up to reflect the population totals and rounded.
| Prescription items for methylphenidate hydrochloride | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand | |||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
| England | |||||||
| Prescription item dispensed | 186.2 | 208.5 | 254.0 | 314.5 | 359.1 | 389.2 | 456.9 |
| Estimated number of items dispensed to children | 160.0 | 190.0 | 230.0 | 280.0 | 330.0 | 350.0 | 410.0 |
| Estimated number of items dispensed to the elderly | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| North East England | |||||||
| Prescription items prescribed in North East England | n/a | n/a | n/a | 15.0 | 17.9 | 19.4 | 22.7 |
| Primary care trust (PCT) | |||||||
| Prescription items prescribed in Langbaurgh PCT (to end September 2006) | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Prescription items prescribed in Redcar and Cleveland PCT (from 1 October 2006) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.3 |
| Prescription items prescribed in Middlesbrough PCT (to end September) | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Prescription items prescribed in Middlesbrough PCT (from 1 October 2006) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.3 |
| Notes: Primary care trusts were reorganised with effect from 1 October. |
Subjects
Methylphenidate
Date
18 May 2007
Reference
134770; 460 c1023-4W
House
House of Commons