§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were registered as handicapped by local authority social services departments in England at the last date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. MajorInformation on the numbers of persons registered with social services departments as physically or sensorily handicapped is collected triennially and the latest available data are given in the table.
England—Number of registered handicapped as at 31 March Registration category Numbers of persons registered 1982 Blind and partially sighted1 Blind 111,729 Partially sighted 58,003 Total 169,732 1983 Deaf and hard of hearing 1 Deaf with SDeech 16,113 Deaf without speech 15,722 Hard of hearing 47,179 Total 79,014 1984 General classes 1 2 Very severely handicapped 72,154 Severely handicapped 457,235 Other 578,319 Total 1,107,708 1 Includes persons multiply handicapped and therefore on other registers. 2 But excludes persons on the register of the blind.