Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2021 to Question 141947, and with reference to the findings of YouGov’s survey for Fight for Sight that more than four in ten working adults believe an increase in screen time during the covid-19 pandemic has negatively affected their vision, when his Department plans to make an assessment of the effect of increased screen time on eyesight due to the covid-19 outbreak.

There are currently no plans to make an assessment.