| Heading: |
Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs |
| Question ID: |
1743502 |
| UIN: |
15565 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5339 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Danny Beales
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| Asking Member handle: |
DannyBeales
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@DannyBeales
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children in receipt of the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service have had (a) a need for glasses, (b) another sight problem, (c) no previous known history of eye care and (d) a history of h |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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| Answer text: |
NHS England have piloted sight testing and the dispensing of glasses in special schools since 2021. Between April 2021 and August 2024 a total of 23,832 sight tests were provided.There were a total of 9,909 pairs of glasses issued between April 2021 and A... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |