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registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the provision of an adequate number of appropriately trained people as guides for the blind; and whether he has held discussions with the RNIB on the training of such guides.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>Under the Care Act 2014, where an adult or carer appears to have care and support needs, the local authority must carry out an assessment, and meet any eligible needs. This includes those arising from sight impairment or blindness.</p><p> </p><p>The Department maintains the Certificate of Vision Impairment form, which is used by consultant ophthalmologists to certify an individual as sight impaired or severely sight impaired (blind). With permission, the form is shared with the patient’s local authority, who work with the person to assess what help and advice they need.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to support training and skills development for care workers, this year investing £12 million in the Workforce Development Fund for training to develop the social care workforce, and working with its delivery partner, Skills for Care, to provide a range of resources for providers to help attract, train and retain staff.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not had any recent discussions with the Royal National Institute of Blind People regarding training people as guides for the blind.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/10/2018 13:11:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

885293

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were registered blind in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	136158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>As NHS Digital collects data on a triennial basis, data can only be provided for two of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people who were registered as blind or severely sight impaired in 2013/14 and 2016/17, as well as the number of people who were newly registered in those years is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of people registered blind or severely sight impaired*</p></td><td><p>Number of new registrations*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>143,385</p></td><td><p>8,875</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>141,525</p></td><td><p>8,605</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital - The Registered Blind and Partially Sighted People collection (SSDA902).</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>Data is also collected on registrations from those who are partially sighted/sight impaired. The figures in the table relate only to those registered blind or severely sight impaired.</p><p> </p><p>*Data is rounded to the nearest five.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/04/2018 14:10:37 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

820019

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people with sight loss.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	122091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The reasons for sight loss are multiple. They include lifestyle factors such as smoking and obesity as well as medical conditions. Prevention and early detection, along with access to timely treatment are all therefore important. On reduction of smoking and obesity, both key long terms risk factors for vision loss, the Government has well established programmes.</p><p> </p><p>Action is also being taken to reduce sight loss caused by medical conditions. On diabetic retinopathy, a common complication of diabetes which can lead to sight loss, a diabetic retinopathy screening programme led by Public Health England offered screening to 2.4 million eligible people in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>Early detection is also key and free National Health Service sight tests are available to those at increased risk of eye disease or likely to be deterred from seeking private tests on grounds of cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 17:43:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

456613

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are short-sighted in each of the last five years; and what steps he is taking to ensure such people are properly treated.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	29099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on the numbers of people who are short sighted, therefore no such estimate has been made. Information is, however, available on the number of National Health Service sight tests provided and NHS optical vouchers issued. This information is available on the Health and Social Care Information Centre website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/searchcatalogue?productid=18320&amp;topics=2%2fPrimary+care+services%2fEye+care+services%2fEye+care+services+activity&amp;sort=Relevance&amp;size=10&amp;page=1#top" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/searchcatalogue?productid=18320&amp;topics=2%2fPrimary+care+services%2fEye+care+services%2fEye+care+services+activity&amp;sort=Relevance&amp;size=10&amp;page=1#top</a></p><p> </p><p>Individuals who are experiencing problems with their vision, possibly due to short sightedness, are encouraged to have a sight test with an optometrist or ophthalmic medical practitioner. Sight tests, whether provided on the NHS or privately, allow the opportunity to review all aspects of eye health, including whether there is a need to correct short sightedness, the main treatment for which is glasses or contact lenses.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/03/2016 12:07:51 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

388287

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each age group were registered as blind in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	6038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of people who are registered as blind or deaf is collected and published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the last available information related to the age distribution for people registered as deaf in England:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>under 18</p></td><td><p>18 - 64</p></td><td><p>65 - 74</p></td><td><p>75 and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>54,500</p></td><td><p>3,400</p></td><td><p>28,700</p></td><td><p>6,400</p></td><td><p>16,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>56,400</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td><td><p>30,100</p></td><td><p>6,700</p></td><td><p>17,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the latest available information related to the age distribution for people registered as blind in the last five years:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Type</p></td><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>under 18</p></td><td><p>18 - 49</p></td><td><p>50 - 74</p></td><td><p>75 and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>All cases</p></td><td><p>152,980</p></td><td><p>4,780</p></td><td><p>19,330</p></td><td><p>30,460</p></td><td><p>98,270</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>New cases</p></td><td><p>10,230</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>1,800</p></td><td><p>7,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>All cases</p></td><td><p>147,810</p></td><td><p>4,440</p></td><td><p>18,880</p></td><td><p>29,985</p></td><td><p>94,475</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>New cases</p></td><td><p>9,110</p></td><td><p>405</p></td><td><p>985</p></td><td><p>1,740</p></td><td><p>5,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>All cases</p></td><td><p>143,385</p></td><td><p>4,275</p></td><td><p>19,570</p></td><td><p>31,620</p></td><td><p>87,920</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>New cases</p></td><td><p>8,875</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>890</p></td><td><p>1,700</p></td><td><p>5,915</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 6039 question first answered 14/07/2015 13:38:52 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon