Subject	Predicate	Object
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		Written answer
	answer has question	6sOqeXBy
	answer has answering person	Stephen Nathan Kinnock
	answer text	<p>NHS England has committed to investing up to £12.7 million annually from 2024/25 on the provision of sight tests and associated optical vouchers in special educational settings. This represents an approximately 87% increase compared to previous levels of spending. This additional investment has the potential to increase coverage from 4% of special educational settings to 100%.</p><p>NHS England has engaged with key stakeholders throughout the life of the programme and continues to work closely with local integrated care boards and the ophthalmic and voluntary sector, to scale up and roll out sight tests in special educational settings.</p>
	answer given date	2024-07-30
	answer has answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	written answer has answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care	answering body has written answer	75Lv61h0
Department of Health and Social Care	answering body has answer	75Lv61h0
6sOqeXBy	question has answer	75Lv61h0
Stephen Nathan Kinnock	answering person has answer	75Lv61h0