HC Deb 19 June 1991 vol 193 c181W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will increase the maximum help available to people who receive vouchers to cover the entire cost of spectacles.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Voucher values were increased overall by 6 per cent. from 1 April this year. The values of the most commonly prescribed vouchers A, B and D were increased by 7.2, 6.1 and 6.5 per cent. respectively.