Hearing Impairment: Children and Young People
Commons · Question 77507 · Tabled 16 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
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
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 21 Oct 2025
The 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 ...