HC Deb 23 May 1990 vol 173 c198W
Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the expected cost of the NOP survey into the volume of sight tests in the first quarter of 1990; and what was the survey method used.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The questions on sight test take-up were included as part of the regular NOP weekly omnibus survey. They were repeated over a five-week period and provided a random sample of some 10,000 adults. The cost of the survey is a commercial matter between the Department of Health and NOP.