§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many relatives of glaucoma sufferers in Wales received free eyesight tests in each quarter of 1988–89 and in each quarter of 1989–90.
§ Mr. GristThe data requested were not collected centrally prior to 1 April 1989, since when they have been collected on a six-monthly basis.
The available information (on an all-Wales basis) is as follows:
Estimated1 number of sight tests paid for by Family Practitioner Committees in the six months ending 30 September 1990 31 March 1990 People with glaucoma or diabetes 5,050 8,860 1 Estimates based upon a 2 per cent. sample of all such sight tests.