Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 76445
Eyesight: Testing
Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025
Question
Adam Dance
Liberal Democrat — Yeovil
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of providing NHS standard eye tests to children in primary school in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) England.
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe UK National Screening Committee recommends vision screening in school for children aged between four and five years old to look for reduced vision in one or both eyes.Free National Health Service sight tests are also widely available for children unde...
ⓘ
This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 76445) →