§ Mr. Geoffrey RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of people each year having NHS eye tests in the Coventry health authority area in each year since 1987.
§ Dr. MawhinneyFigures are not collected in respect of district health authorities. The numbers of national health service sight tests paid for in each financial year by the Coventry family health services authority are shown in the table.
Year Number of sight tests 1987–88 75,470 1988–89 86,610 11989–90 31,500 1990–91 28,200 1991–92 36,440 1 From April 1989, national health service sight tests were restricted to certain groups in the population. The sight tests paid for in 1989–90 include some carried out prior to that date. The remainder paid for in 1989–90 do not represent a full year under the new system, because of the delay in payments. The figure for 1989–90 is not, therefore, directly comparable with 1990–91.