To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are his calculations of the additional costs that may be incurred through entitlement to (a) free prescriptions, (b) free dental treatment, (c) travelling costs to hospitals and (d) vouchers for glasses for those people in receipt of disability working allowance; and if he will make a statement.

[holding answer 8 February 1991]: Disability working allowance does not exempt claimants from normal NHS charges unless they are exempt for other reasons—for example, a qualifying medical condition—or are entitled to full or partial remission under the NHS low income scheme.