Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) commission a comprehensive review of the provision of (i) social care, (ii) support services, (iii) mental health services, (iv) education and voluntary sector interventions and (v) best practice for people with learning impairments and (b) take steps to ensure that those services are responsive and person-orientated.

We have no plans to undertake such a review. We are bringing forward measures to provide a greater understanding of adult social care provision, including the independent assessment of local authorities by the Care Quality Commission and the delivery of a data strategy. We have committed £70 million over the next three years to support local authorities to improve experiences of care.

In 2022/23, we are investing more than £90 million in community services and support for discharges from mental health inpatient settings specifically for people with a learning disability and autistic people. Additionally, the proposed reforms to the Mental Health Act 1983 will place duties on commissioners to ensure an adequate supply of community services for people at risk of admission. The green paper on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision which was published on 29 March 2022, proposes to establish a single, national SEND system setting standards across education, health, and care.