As NHS Digital collects data on a triennial basis, data can only be provided for two of the last five years.<\/p>
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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>
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Year<\/p><\/td> | Number of people registered blind or severely sight impaired*<\/p><\/td> | Number of new registrations*<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2013/14<\/p><\/td> | 143,385<\/p><\/td> | 8,875<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2016/17<\/p><\/td> | 141,525<\/p><\/td> | 8,605<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: NHS Digital - The Registered Blind and Partially Sighted People collection (SSDA902).<\/p> <\/p> Notes:<\/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> *Data is rounded to the nearest five.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gosport"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-04-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-04-24T14:10:37.92Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-04-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Visual Impairment"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were registered blind in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Strangford"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jim Shannon"} ], "uin" : "136158"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/887896", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/887896/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p> <\/p> Although diagnosis is recorded in the Mental Health Services Data Set, this is a new area of investigation on which detailed data quality assessment and detailed analysis would be required.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4065", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Thurrock"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jackie Doyle-Price"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-04-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-04-25T11:12:41.537Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-04-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Dementia"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with dementia are currently detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1439", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Norman Lamb"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Norfolk"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Norman Lamb"} ], "uin" : "136891"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/887910", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/887910/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " On 3 April the Government confirmed that it will introduce a total ban on the sale of ivory in the UK with narrow and limited exemptions. 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The Department received over 3,000 responses, which officials are analysing.<\/p> <\/p> The Department will publish its response to the consultation in due course.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4095", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Barclay"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Cambridgeshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Barclay"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-04-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-04-25T11:15:57.99Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-04-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Health Professions: Regulation"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the publication of the consultation on the regulation of medical associate professionals.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4249", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anne Marie Morris"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newton Abbot"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Anne Marie Morris"} ], "uin" : "136910"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/887053", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/887053/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department has made no assessment of the potential savings to be accrued to the public purse from the return of unused medicines to the National Health Service.<\/p> <\/p> The Department is concerned about wastage from unused medicines and is keen to minimise unnecessary extra costs. 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