Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 77507
Hearing Impairment: Children and Young People
Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people aged under 21 who have been diagnosed as legally deaf in the last 12 months.
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe information requested is not held centrally.The Office for National Statistics collates data on deaf adults, but not on deaf children. It estimates in its 2022/23 annual population survey that 1,235,855 adults aged 16 years old and over in the United ...
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