Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total number of (a) internet and (b) high street community pharmacies has been in each year since 2007-08 in (i) total and (ii) each local authority area.

This information is not available in the format requested. The attached document contains information on "bricks and mortar" pharmacies, which encompasses all community pharmacies which can provide essential National Health Service pharmaceutical services face-to-face at their physical location; and distance selling pharmacies that provide essential NHS pharmaceutical services online or over the phone. Figures are only available by region rather than local authority.