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Mr. Knox
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the value of goods and services provided under the National Health Service by opticians in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
Dr. Owen
The estimated payments including patients' charges, to opticians providing general ophthalmic services in respect of each of the years concerned was as follows:—
| £ million | |||||
| 1970–71 | … | … | … | … | 28·6 |
| 1971–72 | … | … | … | … | 26·5 |
| 1972–73 | … | … | … | … | 29·9 |
| 1973–74 | … | … | … | … | 34·4 |
| 1974–75 | … | … | … | … | 46·9 |