HC Deb 23 July 1975 vol 896 cc239-40W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the value of goods and services provided under the National Health Service by opticians in Leek parliamentary constituency in each of the past five years.

Mr. Meacher

The total of payments, including patients' charges, to opticians providing general ophthalmic services under the National Health Service in the Leek parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years was as follows:

£
1970–71 42,633
1971–72 35,766
1972–73 47,509
1973–74 56,475
1974–75 80,390

Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of eye tests undertaken by opticians under

Mr. O'Malley

I understand that the Inland Revenue has no records of the cost of income tax rebates to unemployed persons. Information about payment of social security benefits to the unemployed for the years in question is as follows:

the National Health Service in the Leek parliamentary constituency in each of the past five years.

Mr. Meacher

The number of sight tests carried out under the general ophthalmic services of the National Health Service by ophthalmic opticians in the Leek parliamentary constituency in each of the past four years—the figures for 1970–71 are no longer available—was as follows:

1971–72 7,604
1972–73 8,986
1973–74 9,767
1974–75 10,911

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