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Written question asked by Nick Hurd (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 November 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 November 2015. It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 December 2015 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Visual Impairment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the direct and indirect cost to the UK economy of disability through blindness and visual disorders.

Answer

The Department has not made a recent estimate of the direct and indirect cost to the United Kingdom economy of disability through blindness and visual disorders.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
17509
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Disability Costs Visual impairment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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