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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review the applicability of VAT to vouchers for spectacles and other prescriptions under the voucher scheme; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review the applicability of VAT to vouchers for spectacles and other prescriptions under the voucher scheme; and if he will make a statement.
The NHS optical voucher scheme provides financial support by way of a voucher to eligible persons to help them buy goods such as spectacles. The vouchers are simply a means of financial support; the VAT consequences result from the goods and services that the voucher is used to buy. Therefore, VAT exemption will apply to the eye test, fitting services and any medical treatment of an eye condition and VAT will apply to the spectacles, irrespective of how payment is made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department will review the regulations in funding whereby NHS vouchers for frames for special facial characteristics cannot be funded through high street opticians resulting in extra costs for spectacles, replacements or repairs; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department will review the regulations in funding whereby NHS vouchers for frames for special facial characteristics cannot be funded through high street opticians resulting in extra costs for spectacles, replacements or repairs; and if he will make a statement.
The special facial characteristics supplement to the optical voucher is governed by regulations that date back to 1989. These regulations require that vouchers for frames for special facial characteristics be issued by the Hospital Eye Service with the original prescription. The special facial characteristics supplement is only available where the frame is required
“to be specially manufactured on account of the person’s facial characteristics.”
These arrangements ensure that the national health service is able to judge specific cases.
Regulations are kept under review and changes to regulations in relation to special facial characteristics supplements would need to be beneficial to patients and cost-effective.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment have they made of the effect on eye health of ready-made reading glasses bought on the High Street.[HL3049]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment have they made of the effect on eye health of ready-made reading glasses bought on the High Street.[HL3049]
We have made no such assessment.
Ready-made reading glasses sold in the high street are medical devices which should be CE marked. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has responsibility to investigate reports of problems with the safety and quality of these CE medical devices. Any concerns regarding adverse incidents with medical devices, including reading glasses, should be directed to them.