FOI reference: FOI-2025-2885
You asked
Could I please request the following information:
Number of adults in Tameside Metropolitan Borough who have identified with
- Difficulty with seeing
- Difficulty with hearing
- British Sign Language Users
We said
Thank you for your request.
We do not hold data on diagnosis of sense impairments. NHS England (NHSE) have produced statistics on the number of individuals registered as blind or have a sight impairment broken down by local authority in the Registered Blind and Partially Sighted People, England 2022-23 publication.
NHSE have also produced ad-hoc publications on the numbers of people registered as deaf or hard of hearing in 2010 broken down by geographies to Local Authority level and may be able to produce more up to date figures. They can be contacted via email at england.contactus@nhs.net.
As part of Census 2021 the publication Main language (detailed) provides estimates on the prevalence of languages including British Sign Language spoken as a main language broken down by Local Authority.