HC Deb 23 October 1989 vol 158 c314W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of spectacle frames were imported in 1979 and each succeeding year;

(2) what proportion of spectacle lenses were imported in 1979 and each succeeding year.

Mr. Freeman

Information is not available in the precise form requested. However, the value of imports of spectacle glass and frames in the period from 1979 to 1988—the latest year for which figures are available—is shown in the table.

£ million
1979 29.0
1980 29.0
1981 26.6
1982 36.6
1983 37.8
1984 47.4
1985 61.1
1986 63.2
1987 76.8
1988 81.9