Learning Disability: Finance

(asked on 31st January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the long-term viability of learning disability support providers who only receive funding from local authorities.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 7th February 2023

Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan the care and support needs of their local population and to secure services to meet them. We expect local authorities to take a variety of factors into account in doing so, including the viability of care providers.

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