§ Mr. Knoxasked 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. MeacherThe 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. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of eye tests undertaken by opticians under
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§ Mr. O'MalleyI 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. MeacherThe 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