§ Dame Jill KnightTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the values of the complex lens entitlements within the spectable voucher scheme of the national health service for patients who have had a national health service eye examination on grounds of their complex lens eligibility only, and for patients who have had a national health service eye examination on grounds of insufficient income and who are found to require a prescription for complex lenses; and what information he has on the prevailing market prices of the cheapest available complex lenses.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe value of the complex lenses "supplement" for patients who are entitled to vouchers on the grounds of complex lens eligibility is £3.70 for single vision spectacles and £19.70 for bifocals. Patients who are otherwise entitled under the voucher scheme and who have prescriptions for complex lenses will receive a C voucher (£49.00) for single vision spectacles or an F voucher (£104.20) for bifocals. The Department's annual survey of voucher values indicates that spectacles with complex lenses are available within voucher values.