§ Mr. WHITEasked the Minister of Health the toal amount of National Health Insurance money spent on spectacles in each of the years 1928, 1929, and 1930; and the distribution of that expenditure between qualified and unqualified opticians?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe total amounts spent by approved societies and branches in England on ophthalmic benefit during the years mentioned were as follow:
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£ 1928 … … … 276,600 1929 … … … 278,200 1930 … … … 353,300 These sums include payments for ophthalmic examinations and ophthalmic treatment, but the greater portion of them was spent on the provision of glasses. No information is available to show the amounts paid to particular opticians.