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To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in Harrow Primary Care Trust area received (a) glasses and (b) eye tests funded by the NHS in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
[130491]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in Harrow Primary Care Trust area received (a) glasses and (b) eye tests funded by the NHS in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
[130491]
The information is not available in the format requested. Under the national health service optical voucher scheme, patients are given NHS optical vouchers to put towards buying their own choice of spectacles, having new lenses fitted to existing frames or to put towards the cost of contact lenses.
The following table shows the number of NHS sight tests undertaken and the number of NHS optical vouchers processed in the Harrow primary care trust area in each of the specified years.
| Harrow
primary care trust
area | 2010-11 | 2011-12 |
| Total
NHS sight
tests | 53,326 | 55,817 |
| Total
NHS vouchers
processed | 25,961 | 27,835 |
| Source: General Ophthalmic Services Activity Statistics—England, 2011-12, available on the Health and Social Care Information Centre website at: www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/gosactivity1112 |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations the Identity and Passport Service has received from people who find it distressing to remove their glasses when required to do so by the Identity and Passport Service.
[122785]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations the Identity and Passport Service has received from people who find it distressing to remove their glasses when required to do so by the Identity and Passport Service.
[122785]
Passport applicants are recommended to remove their glasses for the passport photographs in order to prevent glare and to prevent the frames of the glasses from covering the applicant's eyes. This will help to ensure that the photograph meets the relevant
international standards and may help to prevent delays to the processing of the application. There is no record of representations being received on this subject.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has any plans to provide NHS funding for the diagnosis and prescription of special lens glasses for people with Meares Irlen syndrome.
[107023]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has any plans to provide NHS funding for the diagnosis and prescription of special lens glasses for people with Meares Irlen syndrome.
[107023]
Where a child experiences symptoms associated with descriptions of Meares Irlen syndrome the child's parents or carer should discuss the problem with their school and consult an ophthalmic practitioner to ensure that they do not overlook the possibility of refractive error or eye disease underlying the difficulties. If, after a sight test (and supply of glasses if necessary), a child is still experiencing difficulties then we believe a wider assessment is called for.
The best interests of children are likely to be served by a scheme of assessment and treatment, provided in agreement between local health and education services, which takes into account the full range of possible ways of helping children with the symptoms associated with descriptions of Meares Irlen syndrome.
It is not for the Department to prescribe specific interventions and we look to the national health service locally, in light of their assessment of evidence, and on this occasion in partnership with education authorities, to determine how best to meet identified needs of children in their areas.