Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will respond to the consultation entitled Down Syndrome Act 2022 guidance: call for evidence which closed on 8 November 2022; and if he will publish (a) the complete set of responses to the call for evidence and (b) a breakdown of respondents by profession.

We are undertaking analysis of the responses received from the Down Syndrome Act guidance call for evidence to inform the draft guidance and will issue a report after the summer Parliamentary recess. 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, such as healthcare, social care or local Government.

The draft Down Syndrome Act guidance will be issued for consultation in due course.