Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department took to engage with people with learning disabilities in its consultation on the Health and Disability Green Paper.

As well as receiving over 4,500 written responses to the Health and Disability Green Paper consultation, we held over 40 consultation events with disabled people, people with health conditions and their representatives. These included both virtual and face-to-face events, with events in Scotland, Wales and every region of England, to make sure we were hearing a variety of views, including from people with learning disabilities.

Many charities and organisations helped us to run events by organising for their users to attend and speak to us about the areas of the Green Paper that were most important to them. We are very grateful to all the individuals and organisations who have contributed through this and the consultation events.

A list of the charities and organisations that took part in the consultation can be found in Annex A of Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper.