Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 58574

Disability: Lincolnshire

Tabled: 10 June 2025

Answered: 17 June 2025

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve access to care need assessments for (a) deaf and (b) blind people in (i) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (ii) Lincolnshire.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

Under the Care Act 2014 and the Care and Support (Assessment) Regulations 2014, local authorities are responsible for ensuring that people with sensory impairment, such as visual impairments, hearing impairments, and people who are deafblind, in their are...

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