Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults with (a) autism and (b) learning disabilities accessed care and support under the Fair Access to Care Standards eligibility criteria in (i) Preston constituency, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) North West England since 2010.

The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) does not collect any data on the number of adults with autism accessing care and support under the Fair Access to Care Services eligibility criteria nor does it collect any data on the number of adults with learning disabilities accessing care and support in the Fair Access to Care Services eligibility criteria.

The revised guidance Prioritising need in the context of Putting People First: A whole system government approach to eligibility for social care which came into effect in April 2010, replaces the Fair Access to Care Services guidance issued by the Department in 2003. A copy of the revised guidance has already been placed in the Library.

HSCIC has been able to provide the number of clients with learning disabilities receiving services each year since 2010 as follows:

Number of Learning Disability Services Users receiving services provided or commissioned by a Council with Social Services Responsibilities