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1700131

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Learning Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Appendix 1 of the guidance by NHS England entitled Improving identification of people with a learning disability: guidance for general practice, published on 11 October 2019, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people that have a learning disability; and how many and what proportion of those people are (a) on the learning disability register and (b) not on the register despite having conditions that would automatically entitle them to be on the register.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	21003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>There are approximately 1.3 million people in England with a learning disability, according to Mencap figures. NHS England data shows that, as of March 2023, there were 347,840 people of all ages with a learning disability on the learning disability register in England. However, this learning disability register is voluntary, and not everyone chooses to register.</p><p>It is a statutory requirement under the Equality Act 2010 that public sector agencies make reasonable adjustments to their practice that will make them as accessible and effective as they would be for people without disabilities. NHS England has published guidance aimed at improving the identification of people with a learning disability, which is available at the following link: <br></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/improving-identification-of-people-with-a-learning-disability-guidance-for-general-practice.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/improving-identification-of-people-with-a-learning-disability-guidance-for-general-practice.pdf</a></p><p>General practices should review this guidance and update their registers at least annually, to ensure that they are accurate.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/04/2024 22:45:08 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 28302 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1661959

	registered interest
	date	19/09/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Learning Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to include all people with a learning disability on the GP learning disability register.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	200470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Inclusion on the learning disability register is crucial to ensuring that people receive the right support at the right time. Anyone can ask to go on their general practitioner’s (GP’s) learning disability register if they think they have a learning disability. However, we know that not everyone with a learning disability is on a GP register. There is work underway in NHS England to address this issue. This includes work nationally and regionally to encourage children and young people to join the register at age 14 and access annual health checks. There is also evolving work to support people without a diagnosis of learning disability to access the register and more specialised services, which will inform guidance. Additionally, a leaflet for parents and carers was publicised in the National Health Service primary care bulletin and a bigger launch in schools is planned in September 2023</p><p><br> NHS England has issued guidance to support GPs to better identify people who should be on the register, including information on specific diagnostic codes, which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/improving-identification-of-people-with-a-learning-disability-guidance-for-general-practice" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/improving-identification-of-people-with-a-learning-disability-guidance-for-general-practice</a>.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 16/10/2023 14:58:43 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1465038

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Learning Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) commission a comprehensive review of the provision of (i) social care, (ii) support services, (iii) mental health services, (iv) education and voluntary sector interventions and (v) best practice for people with learning impairments and (b) take steps to ensure that those services are responsive and person-orientated.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	6823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2022 answer text <p>We have no plans to undertake such a review. We are bringing forward measures to provide a greater understanding of adult social care provision, including the independent assessment of local authorities by the Care Quality Commission and the delivery of a data strategy. We have committed £70 million over the next three years to support local authorities to improve experiences of care.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022/23, we are investing more than £90 million in community services and support for discharges from mental health inpatient settings specifically for people with a learning disability and autistic people. Additionally, the proposed reforms to the Mental Health Act 1983 will place duties on commissioners to ensure an adequate supply of community services for people at risk of admission. The green paper on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision which was published on 29 March 2022, proposes to establish a single, national SEND system setting standards across education, health, and care.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 31/05/2022 15:35:43 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1195239

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Learning Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are putting in place to ensure that policies applied to people with learning disabilities recognise their individual needs.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
	uin	HL4242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2020 answer text <p>We are supporting people of all ages with a learning disability or autism to live well in the community, rather than in inappropriate hospital care. <em>Building the Right Support</em> is our national plan to develop community services and reduce reliance on mental health inpatient services for people with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges, including those with a mental health condition.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan commits to an extra £4.5 billion a year for primary care and community health services by 2023/24. Health and social care staff must have the skills and knowledge to make a positive difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities and autistic people. This is a priority for the Government and we are developing plans to introduce the Oliver McGowan mandatory training in learning disability and autism.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 27/05/2020 11:26:44 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1174935

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Learning Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support disabled students with visual stress.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	10329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department is currently discussing with the Association of Dyslexia Specialists in Higher Education whether there is a case to provide Disabled Students’ Allowances for certain types of assistance for higher education students with a diagnosis of visual stress. We will announce further details in due course<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/02/2020 09:54:52 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

937876

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Learning Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of day centres for adults with complex learning abilities that have closed since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	162608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of day centres for adults with complex learning disabilities that have closed since 2010 is not available centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/07/2018 14:05:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

928688

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Learning Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that information on learning disability is included in the training of healthcare staff.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	156444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>Employers have a statutory responsibility to provide sufficient numbers of suitably qualified, competent, skilled and experienced staff to meet the needs of the people using health services, including those with a learning disability.</p><p> </p><p>The Learning Disability Core Skills Education and Training Framework, published in July 2016 sets out the requisite skills and competencies that staff need to deliver care and support to people with a learning disability. The Framework sets out the necessary skills across three tiers. Tier 1, knowledge for roles that require general awareness of learning disabilities; Tier 2, knowledge and skills for roles that will have some regular contact with people with a learning disability and Tier 3, knowledge and skills for those providing care and support for people with a learning disability. Training should be provided in line with this Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) is currently producing eLearning materials to support Tier 1 learning disability awareness training. This free online training will be available to all staff in 2019. HEE will also be writing to all education providers reminding them of the Learning Disability Core Skills Education and Training Framework and ask them to ensure that all staff groups include Tier 1 awareness training as a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>HEE also uses a workforce development fund to support the ongoing development of staff, with spending focused on priority areas, including staff working with people with learning disabilities and/or autism. Examples of the type of development that is supported includes, Positive Behavioural Support, Total Attachment Theory, Leadership programmes, Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction, Learning Disability Mortality, Building the Right Support, Early Positive Approaches to Support, Restraint Reduction, Positive Behavioural Support Workshops for family carers, Forensic learning disabilities skills, Trauma informed care and Autism.</p><p> </p><p>All nurses receive learning disabilities training as part of their pre-registration education. Curricula are set by individual education providers, to standards set by the professional regulators.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, since April 2015, newly appointed health care assistants, including those who will provide care and support to people with a learning disability have been undergoing training as part of the national implementation of the Care Certificate. The Care Certificate equips new staff with the knowledge and skills which they need to provide safe, compassionate care across a range of areas, including the care of people with a learning disability.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed that there will be a response to each of the recommendations of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme annual report, including the recommendation on training. The response will be published soon.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 156445 question first answered 27/06/2018 13:04:02 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

928689

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Learning Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the provision of continuing professional development in respect of learning disabilities for all front-line health staff.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	156445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>Employers have a statutory responsibility to provide sufficient numbers of suitably qualified, competent, skilled and experienced staff to meet the needs of the people using health services, including those with a learning disability.</p><p> </p><p>The Learning Disability Core Skills Education and Training Framework, published in July 2016 sets out the requisite skills and competencies that staff need to deliver care and support to people with a learning disability. The Framework sets out the necessary skills across three tiers. Tier 1, knowledge for roles that require general awareness of learning disabilities; Tier 2, knowledge and skills for roles that will have some regular contact with people with a learning disability and Tier 3, knowledge and skills for those providing care and support for people with a learning disability. Training should be provided in line with this Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) is currently producing eLearning materials to support Tier 1 learning disability awareness training. This free online training will be available to all staff in 2019. HEE will also be writing to all education providers reminding them of the Learning Disability Core Skills Education and Training Framework and ask them to ensure that all staff groups include Tier 1 awareness training as a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>HEE also uses a workforce development fund to support the ongoing development of staff, with spending focused on priority areas, including staff working with people with learning disabilities and/or autism. Examples of the type of development that is supported includes, Positive Behavioural Support, Total Attachment Theory, Leadership programmes, Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction, Learning Disability Mortality, Building the Right Support, Early Positive Approaches to Support, Restraint Reduction, Positive Behavioural Support Workshops for family carers, Forensic learning disabilities skills, Trauma informed care and Autism.</p><p> </p><p>All nurses receive learning disabilities training as part of their pre-registration education. Curricula are set by individual education providers, to standards set by the professional regulators.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, since April 2015, newly appointed health care assistants, including those who will provide care and support to people with a learning disability have been undergoing training as part of the national implementation of the Care Certificate. The Care Certificate equips new staff with the knowledge and skills which they need to provide safe, compassionate care across a range of areas, including the care of people with a learning disability.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed that there will be a response to each of the recommendations of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme annual report, including the recommendation on training. The response will be published soon.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 156444 question first answered 27/06/2018 13:04:02 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

712465

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Learning Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was allocated by NHS England to the learning disability GP annual health check scheme in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	68449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>In 2015/16, spend on General Practitioner Learning Disabilities Directed Enhanced Services (DES) was £12.376 million. Under the DES, patients aged 14 and over with learning disabilities are offered an annual health check, which includes producing a health action plan.</p><p> </p><p>The National Audit Office has recently estimated that the annual cost of supporting a person with challenging behaviour and learning disabilities, autism or both within an assessment and treatment unit is £180,000.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 68446 question first answered 23/03/2017 17:13:36 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

712466

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Learning Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average annual cost to the public purse of supporting a person with challenging behaviour and learning disabilities, autism or both within an assessment and treatment unit.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	68446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>In 2015/16, spend on General Practitioner Learning Disabilities Directed Enhanced Services (DES) was £12.376 million. Under the DES, patients aged 14 and over with learning disabilities are offered an annual health check, which includes producing a health action plan.</p><p> </p><p>The National Audit Office has recently estimated that the annual cost of supporting a person with challenging behaviour and learning disabilities, autism or both within an assessment and treatment unit is £180,000.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 68449 question first answered 23/03/2017 17:13:36 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan