Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the closed consultation entitled Down Syndrome Act 2022 guidance: call for evidence; and if he will place in the House of Commons Library copies of (a) the complete set of consultation responses and (b) a breakdown of respondents by profession.

We are undertaking analysis of the consultation responses received from the Down Syndrome Act guidance call for evidence and will issue a report in due course. This report will include a detailed breakdown of respondents and information about what capacity individuals or organisations were responding in, and the area they work in, for example healthcare, social care, or local Government.