Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the number of people in the UK who suffer from Charles Bonnet syndrome.

No assessment has been made of the number of people in the United Kingdom who suffer from Charles Bonnet syndrome.

However, the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) estimate there are more than 100,000 cases of Charles Bonnet Syndrome in the UK.

To raise awareness, the NHS Choices website provides information on Charles Bonnet Syndrome. This can be found at:

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/charles-bonnet-syndrome/Pages/Introduction.aspx.

A copy of this web page is attached.