Written question asked by Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour) on Friday, 8 October 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 26 October 1999. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Tuesday, 26 October 1999 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Sefton over the age of 65 years had their eyes tested in each year between 1995 and 1998. - Including figure and table.

Answer: Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in Sefton over the age of 65 years had their eyes tested in each year between 1995 and 1998. [94590] Mr. Hutton: From information obtained on the age of patients from an annual, national sample survey of opticians' workload, we estimate that the following numbers of sight tests were carried out among the 54,400 people aged over 65 who we estimate are resident in Sefton. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of sight tests 1995-96 21,000 1996-97 21,400 1997-98 21,900 1998-99 22,200 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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