HC Deb 20 December 1994 vol 251 c1067W
Mr. Charles Kennedy

To ask the secretary of State for Scotland if he will list(a) the reasons for the announcement that he required more time to consider the revised Black Isle local plan, (b) the likely length of additional time involved and (c) the extent to which he will give full consideration both to Highland regional council's handling of the matter and the volume of objections from the Black Isle itself; and if he will make a statement.

Number of NHS sight tests1 in Scotland and Lothian Health board
1987–88 1988–89 21989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
Lothian 162,353 176,902 74,531 56,682 66,297 71,554 77,065
Scotland 1,098,145 1,168,610 475,479 432,885 496,598 538,683 579,671
1 One person may have more than one sight test in the period.
2 Since 1 April 1989 free NHS sight tests have been available only to children, full-time students under 19, those in receipt of income support or family credit, the registered blind or partially sighted, complex lens users, those who hold an AG2 exemption certificate from the health benefits division, diagnosed diabetic or glaucoma sufferers, and close relatives aged 40 or over of glaucoma sufferers.