Eye Tests (Hansard, 11 May 1990)

§ Mr. Kirkwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give details of the wording of the questions asked in the survey of eye tests conducted by NOP on behalf of the Government.

§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
The wording of the questions in the NOP sight test volume survey is as followsQuestion 1. "Have you had your eye sight tested at an opticians—not at a hospital and not at your own doctor's—since Christmas?" If yes, Question 2. "Was this an NHS sight test or did you pay for a private sight test?
In framing these questions, the Department took professional advice from NOP's market researchers.

§ Mr. Kirkwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give details of the publicity campaign on entitlement to free National Health Service eye tests which his Department intend to launch, the launch date, duration and cost of the campaign.

§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
Arrangements will be finalised after we have received the results of the NOP survey on sight test demand.