Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for publishing the (a) Down Syndrome Act 2022 guidance and (b) consultation response to the call for evidence on the Down Syndrome Act 2022 guidance.

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are undertaking analysis of the responses received from the Down Syndrome Act guidance call for evidence to inform the draft guidance and will issue a report after the summer Parliamentary recess.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.