HC Deb 12 December 1966 vol 738 cc19-20W
Mr. Ron Lewis

asked the Minister of Health when work on the reconstruction of the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, will commence.

Mr. K. Robinson

The hospital building programme is intended to be flexible, and I am unable therefore to give firm starting dates a number of years in

1. TOTAL NUMBER OF SIGHT TESTS BY OPHTHALMIC OPTICIANS
Liverpool Manchester Birmingham Cardiff Chelmsford Lancashire
73,932 86,261 135,681 39,563 8,137 189,783
2. NUMBER OF SIGHT TESTS, IN STEPS OF 200, UNDERTAKEN BY OPHTHALMIC OPTICIANS*
Numbers of Ophthalmic Opticians' Premises
Numbers of Sight Tests Liverpool Manchester Birmingham Cardiff Chelmsford Lancashire
Under 200 … 28 53 14 18 Nil 83
200–399 … 17 24 11 2 1 53
400–599 … 19 18 16 3 1 38
600–799 … 11 22 10 4 Nil 36
800–999 … 6 9 20 4 Nil 23
1,000–1,199 … 5 12 21 1 Nil 21
1,200–1,399 … 6 4 8 2 Nil 18
1,400–1,599 … 5 3 8 2 Nil 11
1,600–1,799 … 5 1 5 1 Nil 8
1,800–1,999 … Nil 3 5 2 1 3
2,000 and over … 6 4 13 5 2 8
* This information is only available for ophthalmic opticians' premises and not for individual practitioners.

Mr. Will Griffiths

asked the Minister of Health whether he will state the number of registered ophthalmic opticians on the current register, showing how many of them, at the nearest convenient date, were employed by corporate bodies.

Mr. K. Robinson

I understand from the General Optical Council, which has statutory responsibility for the Register, that the number on 8th December, 1966, was 6,454. Information is not available about the numbers employed by corporate bodies.

Mr. Will Griffiths

asked the Minister of Health whether he will state the number of individual practice addresses of ophthalmic opticians listed by executive

advance. The initial phase of the development of the Cumberland Infirmary is among the first schemes at present expected to start after 1969–70.