§ 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 the Leek parliamentary constituency in each of the past five years.
§ Dr. OwenInformation on the provision of ophthalmic services is not available in the form requested. However, the annual costs of the provision of general ophthalmic services by opticians in the former Staffordshire Executive Council Area, and from 1974 in the larger Staffordshire Family Practitioner Committee area, in both of which the Leek constituency is included, were as follows:
Staffordshire Executive Council Area £1000 1971–72 … … 248 1972–73 … … 287 1973–74 … … 324
Staffordshire Family and Practitioner Committee Area 1974–75 … … 686 1975–76 … … 1,175 (provisional) The figures include income from patients' charges.