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Autism and Learning Disability: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce barriers to good care for (a) autistic people and (b) people with a learning disability in long-term segregation.

answeredAdam DanceDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
2 Sept 2026 · 48 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce barriers to good care for (a) autistic people and (b) people with a learning disability in long-term segregation.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    We are committed to ensuring that people with a learning disability and autistic people receive high-quality, person-centred care and support in the least restrictive setting possible, including reducing the use of long-term segregation in mental health i...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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