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48.
Mr. Dempsey
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the annual cost of exempting people with a severe visual handicap from payment of optical charges.
Mr. Prentice
We cannot make a precise estimate but the exemption would be likely to cost between £500,000 and £750,000 per annum in England.