- Request
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Please provide us with the total number of deaf/blind people that are known to Lincolnshire county council
- Decision
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The authority do not keep a register of every deafblind child or adult in the county, however the following figures are available:
- The authority's Sensory Education and Support Team supports 22 children or young people aged 0-25 and in education or pre-education.
- Lincolnshire Sensory Services is a commissioned local authority service which supports 2 deafblind children
- Deafblind children may be included in more than one of the groups above.
*The figures below are for individual's aged18+, and does not include any deceased, and is all people irrespective of their current involvement with Adult Social Care.
Source People Health Conditions
Deaf blind
1 LSS Assessment Deaf blind 125 Person Notes Dual Impairment 37 Grand Total 163 - Reference number
- 1393299
- Date request received
- 19 April 2021
- Date of decision
- 28 April 2021