I propose to take Questions Nos. 130 to 138, inclusive, together.
The table shows the average annual household expenditure in April 2010 for each category of medical (including dentists and opticians) expenditure listed. The data are derived from the latest available Household Budget Survey (2004/2005). The expenditure in each category has been adjusted for inflation using the change in a corresponding sub-index of the Consumer Price Index between October 2005 and April 2010.
Annual expenditures from HBS 2004/05, updated to April 2010
Category
|
Annual Expenditure
|
|
€
|
Doctors
|
238.91
|
Dentists
|
190.07
|
Opticians
|
20.18
|
Prescription medicines
|
205.06
|
Other medicines
|
48.52
|
Pain relievers
|
29.94
|
Indigestion relievers
|
7.85
|
Cough mixtures
|
11.40
|
Alternative or Complementary Medicine
|
22.72
|