HC Deb 15 October 1996 vol 282 cc850-1W
Mr. David Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of registered blind people in Scotland by category. [40033]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The latest complete figures are those for 1995:

Number of persons registered blind and partially sighted: Scotland—1995
Number registered at 31 March (include those registered as new cases)
Blind Partially sighted
Age (as at 31 March or date of registration) Male Female Total Male Female Total
Under 5 years 97 201 298 55 78 133
5–15 128 110 238 87 85 172
Number of persons registered blind and partially sighted: Scotland—1995
Number registered at 31 March (include those registered as new cases)
Blind Partially sighted
Age (as at 31 March or date of registration) Male Female Total Male Female Total
16–29 301 213 514 214 145 359
30–49 873 665 1,538 403 365 768
50–64 942 836 1,778 412 399 811
65–74 1,197 1,530 2,727 544 810 1,354
75 and over 4,047 9,984 14,301 1,530 4,224 5,754
All ages—total 7,585 13,539 21,124 3,245 6,106 9,351