Question follow-through · 63796
Eyesight: Testing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to make eye tests mandatory for primary school children.
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to make eye tests mandatory for primary school children.
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2025
Answer published
There are currently no plans to make eye tests mandatory for primary school children. The UK National Screening Committee recommends vision screening in school for children aged four to five years old, to look for reduced vision in one or both eyes.In add...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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