Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 83910

Hearing Impairment: Mental Capacity

Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 21 November 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many deaf individuals have been wrongly assessed under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 as a result of communication barriers in the last 12 months.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Department does not hold the requested data.