HC Deb 08 December 1993 vol 234 c245W
Dame Jill Knight

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consultations she has had with optometrists concerning the level of expenses to be included in the NHS sight test fee for 1993–94.

Dr. Mawhinney

The optometrists have been consulted as normal, through the established Whitley machinery, about the level of the national health service sight test fee.

Dame Jill Knight

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what amount of the current NHS sight test fee is attributable to the reimbursement of optometrists' expenses.

Dr. Mawhinney

The national health service sight test fee contains both a remuneration and expenses element. These components are not separately identifiable.