Question follow-through · 6886
Learning Disability: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the growth of the learning disability workforce, including addressing the reduction in the number of learning disability nurses, as part of the Go
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the growth of the learning disability workforce, including addressing the reduction in the number of learning disability nurses, as part of the Go
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government wants every child to have the best start in life, with help available earlier and locally when families need it. As set out in the King’s Speech, the Government is committed to raising standards in schools and introducing generational refor...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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