§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in detail the individual savings in the provision of ophthalmic services that would combine to reduce expenditure from the Consolidated Fund in a full year by £17 million if clause 1(3) of the Health and Social Security Bill is enacted.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThis sum is the estimate of the difference between the cost of NHS glasses, including dispensing fees, supplied to those patients who pay charges and the amount recovered by way of charges.