Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 94657

Hearing Impairment: Children

Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of 10 have been diagnosed as deaf across the UK.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 October 2025 to Question 77507.