§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what funding is available to health authorities and primary care groups specifically to enable deaf people to access counselling services throughout the National Health Service; [139788]
(2) what funding is available to health authorities, and primary care groups to facilitate the provision of general medical services for deaf people. [139789]
§ Mr. HuttonServices for deaf people are funded in the same way as for other groups of the population. All key local stakeholders are involved in the planning, prioritisation and delivery of the local health improvement programmmes and service agreements, which provide the means for addressing local issues, such as services for deaf people.