Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has provided to integrated care systems on delivering his Department's Building the Right Support Action Plan; and what assessment he has made of the progress made by integrated care systems on delivering that Plan.

The Building the Right Support Action Plan brings together commitments from across Government and public services, and all of these commitments have clear owners and dates for delivery. It is the responsibility of commitment owners to ensure that their commitments are delivered as set out in the Plan. While the majority of the commitments in the Plan are on a national level, commitment owners will involve local systems where relevant.

In May 2023, NHS England published statutory guidance on Executive Lead roles including the requirement to have a lead for learning disability and autism and a lead for Down syndrome and for special educational needs and disability.

The integrated care board (ICB) executive lead for learning disability and autism will support the chief executive and the board to ensure that the ICB performs its functions effectively in the interests of people with a learning disability and autistic people.

The NHS Long Term Plan 2019 sets out our commitments to reduce reliance on mental health inpatient care for people with a learning disability and autistic people. This commitment was re-confirmed in planning guidance for local systems for 2023/24, which is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/2023-24-priorities-and-operational-planning-guidance/