Question follow-through · 66123
Eyesight: Testing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of children recommended to have annual eye tests who have not done so in each of the past five years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of children recommended to have annual eye tests who have not done so in each of the past five years.
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2025
Answer published
Free National Health Service sight tests are widely available for children under 16 years old and under 19 years old in full time education. It is recommended that all children under 16 years old should have an annual sight test. Sight tests for children ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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