HC Deb 25 March 1980 vol 981 c485W
48. Mr. Dempsey

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the annual cost of exempting people with a severe visual handicap from payment of optical charges.

Mr. Prentice

We cannot make a precise estimate but the exemption would be likely to cost between £500,000 and £750,000 per annum in England.

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