Question follow-through · 50083
Autism and Learning Disability: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to assess care provisions for people with (a) autism and (b) learning difficulties.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 6 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 May 2025
- Answer
- 12 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
6 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to assess care provisions for people with (a) autism and (b) learning difficulties.
8 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 May 2025
Answer published
Local authorities are best placed to assess, understand, and plan for the needs of their population. That is why, under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care market to meet the diverse needs of all local people....
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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