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 UK — Ashfield
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.