Required for background information on commercial web-site: UK
Prescription rates dating back to 1995 and including ?certificate?
rates
The perfect answer would include a table with the types of
prescription in a column and the rates on each date that they change
in rows e.g. (made up data)
Type	19/1/02	26/4/03
Prescription	£6.20	£6.50
Bulk prescription	£19.00	£20.20

The web-site owner will be starting vacation on 19th June 2004 so
additional value is created by answering prior to that date.

Hello Davemanchesteruk

The information you require is scattered around the internet but I
have managed to compile it into a table for you.

The certificate prescription data was the most difficult to track down
but can be verified through searches on the BBC website and through
the English and Scottish parliament websites.  If you require a full
list of my sources I would be happy to list them for you.

The standard prescription charge is detailed in a number of places, I
got the information here:
http://66.102.11.104/search?q=cache:S1eWwQata9kJ:www.psnc.org.uk/uploaded_txt/Prescription%2520Charge%2520History.pdf+uk+%22prescription+charges%22+history&hl=en

(Note the charges for this go back to 1952 in the table on this page
but a similar table for certificate prescription would be nearly
impossible to track down!).

Here is the information you need:

Year    Charge  4-month 12-month
2004	£6.40	£33.40	£91.80
2003	£6.30	£32.90	£90.40
2002	£6.20	£32.40	£89.00
2001	£6.10	£31.90	£87.60
2000	£6.00	£31.40	£86.20
1999	£5.90	£30.80	£84.60
1998	£5.80	£30.10	£82.70
1997	£5.65	£29.30	£80.50
1996	£5.50	£28.50	£78.40
1995	£5.25	£27.20	£74.80

In each year the prescription charge increased on 1st April.

If you have any further questions on this subject please ask for
clarification and I will try my best to help you.

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Request for Answer Clarification by davemanchesteruk-ga on 18 Jun 2004 01:20 PDT

Hi Palitoy.

Thanks for a great response. 5 stars are on their way to you, but
could I ask you for the complete list of sources you mention in your
second paragraph?

Dave

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Clarification of Answer by palitoy-ga on 18 Jun 2004 01:31 PDT

Hi Dave

Thanks for the 5-star rating and the tip, both are much appreciated.

Here are the references I used to gather the information:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/pages/news/2004/02/SEhd633.aspx
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/pages/news/2003/03/SEHD348a.aspx
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/pages/news/2002/03/SE5431.aspx
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/news/2001/03/se0687.asp
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/646878.stm
http://www.newsrelease-archive.net/coi/depts/GDH/coi2447f.ok
http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1997/97069701.htm
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199596/cmhansrd/vo960208/text/60208w14.htm
http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19950643_en_3.htm

Palitoy followed my request to the letter and used his/her initiative
to add an additional column of data I hadn't requested.