§ Mr. Denis MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in(a) the UK and (b) each health authority area benefited from free eye tests in the last year.[153147]
§ Mr. DenhamIn 1999–2000, there were some 11.8 million free National Health Service sight tests carried out in the United Kingdom. Figures for health authorities in England are shown in the table.
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Number Avon 197.740 Barking and Havering 71,990 Barnsley 39.420 Bedfordshire 101,630 Berkshire 129,910 Bexley and Greenwich 73,790 Birmingham 233,450 Bradford 107,360 Brent and Harrow 88,530 Bromley 58,490 Buckinghamshire 111,690 Bury and Rochdale 71,460 Calderdale and Kirklees 113,930 Cambridgeshire 133,610
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Number Camden and Islington 57,770 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 95,410 County Durham 98,070 Croydon 59,890 Doncaster 53,570 Dorset 144,230 Dudley 62,210 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 97,490 East and North Hertfordshire 102,700 East Kent 128,480 East Lancashire 103,720 East London and the City 129,190 East Riding 106,560 East Surrey 63,540 East Sussex 145,170 Enfield and Haringey 93,560 Gateshead and South Tyneside 70.050 Gloucestershire 109,260 Herefordshire 35,540 Hillingdon 45,130 Isle of Wight 26,560 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 49,490 Kingston and Richmond 50,760 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 105,590 Leeds 130,610 Leicestershire 179,730 Lincolnshire 125,780 Manchester 81,960 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 95,570 Morecambe Bay 59,260 Newcastle and North Tyneside 101,320 Norfolk 153,110 North and East Devon 95,610 North and Mid Hampshire 90,270 North Cumbria 60,250 North Derbyshire 59,240 North Essex 176,190 North Nottinghamshire 81,100 North Staffordshire 85,070 North West Lancashire 103,740 North Yorkshire 125,300 Northamptonshire 107,470 Northumberland 59,040 Nottingham 117,420 Oxfordshire 101,590 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 117,820 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 98,430 Rotherham 41,860 Salford and Trafford 85,830 Sandwell 65,270 Sefton 57,070 Sheffield 103,480 Shropshire 89,010 Solihull 32,680 Somerset 109,570 South and West Devon 137,330 South Cheshire 125,870 South Derbyshire 116,550 South Essex 146,830 South Humber 70,180 South Lancashire 41,710 South Staffordshire 112,150 Stockport 53,300 Sunderland 55,900 Tees 119,930 Wakefield 65,330 Walsall 54,400 Warwickshire 87,130 West Hertfordshire 99,270 West Kent 179,630 West Pennine 80,190
Number West Surrey 123,040 West Sussex 149,260 Wigan and Bolton 101,500 Wiltshire 126.950 Wirral 70,380 Wolverhampton 58,230 Worcestershire 101,490