Beclometasone Dipropionate: Children
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children aged between six to 10 years of age have been prescribed Clenil in each of the last five years.
Answered by Karin Smyth
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) holds patient identifiable data relating to drugs prescribed in England and dispensed within a community setting, and which are submitted to the NHSBSA for processing. The following table shows the total number of identified children in specific age bands that were prescribed Clenil Modulite for the financial years 2020/2021 to 2024/2025:
Financial year | Age band one to five years old | Age band six to 10 years old |
2020/2021 | 84,498 | 149,296 |
2021/2022 | 127,765 | 160,142 |
2022/2023 | 138,224 | 171,323 |
2023/2024 | 124,551 | 179,865 |
2024/2025 | 105,336 | 172,698 |
Data Source: NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse.
Please note that care should be taken when interpreting the patient counts as some patients could appear in the results for multiple time periods and age bands. For example, a single patient could appear in the results for multiple financial years, or at both ages five and six years old within the same year. Therefore, the patient numbers should not be combined and reported at any other levels other than as provided in the dataset.
Verbatim has judged this answer against the question that was actually asked — answered, partly answered, or evaded. Sign in to see the verdict →