§ Mrs. FitzsimonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many senior citizens in Rochdale parliamentary constituency have access to free eye tests; and what percentage are(a) women and (b) from an ethnic minority; [178510]
(2) how many residents in Rochdale parliamentary constituency aged over 60 years have benefited from the abolition of charges for eye tests; and what percentage were (a) women and (b) from an ethnic minority. [178511]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonData for the number of sight tests by constituency, senior citizens, gender or by ethnic origin are not collected centrally.
In 2002–03, the total number of national health service sight tests paid for by the Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority for patients in the aged 60 and over category was 189,900. The total number eligible for a free sight test for those aged 60 and over was 493,100. Sight tests cannot be equated to the numbers of patients.
§ Mrs. FitzsimonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS(a) therapists and (b) scientists were located in Rochdale in each of the last seven years. [178513]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information is not available in the format requested. The table shows the number of qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff.