HC Deb 10 November 1998 vol 319 c172W
21. Mr. Nigel Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the number of senior citizens who are eligible to benefit from free eye tests. [57371]

Mr. Milburn

We estimate that, from 1 April 1999, some 7 million more people aged 60 and over will become eligible for free National Health Service sight tests.