§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 3 December,Official Report, column 640, if he will separately identify the number of NHS eye tests carried out on people aged over 65 years in each year since 1989. [12560]
§ Mr. MaloneThe information requested is as follows:
The estimated number of national health service sight tests received by people aged over 65 years in Great Britain.
- 1993–94: 1,428 million
- 1994–95: 1,773 million
- 1995–96: 1,711 million
Information on the age of people who received NHS eye tests between 1989 and 1992 is not available.