Question follow-through · 103131
Down's Syndrome
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the final statutory guidance issued under the Down Syndrome Act 2022 includes explicit requirements for Down syndrome-specific training for professionals
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 5 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the final statutory guidance issued under the Down Syndrome Act 2022 includes explicit requirements for Down syndrome-specific training for professionals
7 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jan 2026
Answer published
Under the Down Syndrome Act, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, is required to give statutory guidance to relevant authorities in health, social care, education, and housing services on what they should be doing to meet ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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