HC Deb 15 July 1993 vol 228 c630W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the charge made for contact lenses prescribed by the hospital eye service for each year since 1979.

Dr. Mawhinney

The charges are shown in the table.

£
1 September 1979 6.15
1 April 1981 8.30
1 April 1982 7.90
1 April 1984 9.40
1 April 1985 25.00
1 September 1988 26.50
1 April 1990 28.85
1 April 1991 32.15
1 August 1991 32.0
1 April 1992 35.90
1 April 1993 36.90

Note—No changes were made in 1980, 1983, 1986, 1987 and 1989 from previous years.