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Mr. Alfred Morris
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were registered blind and deaf without speech at the latest date for which figures are available; how many were blind and deaf with speech; and how many were hard of hearing and registered blind.
Mr. Newton
The number of registered blind people in England with additional hearing and speech handicaps at 31 March 1980, the latest date for which figures are available, was as follows:
| No. | |
| Registered blind and deaf without speech | 290 |
| Registered blind and deaf with speech | 1,630 |
| Registered blind and hard of hearing | 3,710 |