§ Mr. Leightonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the cost to the National Health Service of a hearing aid.
§ Mr. ScottThe National Health Service provides a range of different types of hearing aids but the Department does not collect this information centrally. Responsibility for supplying hearing aids in England and Wales was transferred to Mersey regional health authority on 1 April 1985.
The hon. Member may therefore wish to contact the regional chairman direct.