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Mr. Llwyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many eye examinations were carried out in Wales in each year since 1985.
Mr. Gwilym Jones
The information collected centrally relates to sight tests paid for by family health services committees. No information is available centrally on the number of private sight tests carried out.
| Sight tests paid for by FHSAs1 | |
| Number | |
| 1985 | 596,778 |
| 1986 | 623,088 |
| 1987 | 651,175 |
| 1988–89 | 733,469 |
| 1989–90 | 292,060 |
| 1990–91 | 271,170 |
| 1991–92 | 332,240 |
| 1 Sight test paid for during the period (ie the test may have taken place in the previous period). | |