§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the cost of providing a free comprehensive dental service available throughout the country as part of the National Health Service 496W designed and introduced; and if he has any plans for modernising the style of spectacle frames available.
§ Sir George YoungThe table below lists the frames currently available through the general ophthalmic services and shows the date of their introductions.
§ Sir George YoungIt is estimated that, in terms of the income that would be forgone from patients' charges, the cost in 1980–81 of providing a free general dental service in Great Britain would be of the order of £89 million at November 1979 prices.