Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what visits have been made by NHS England officials to the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service as part of their evaluations of that service.

No officials from NHS England have visited National Health Service special schools as part of the evaluation as this has been conducted independently by the South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit. NHS England officials have visited special schools during the operation of the proof-of-concept programme to better understand the needs and environment in which the children were learning.