Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Prime Minister's response to the hon. Member for Rhondda on 24 November 2021, Official Report, Col 341, on the development of a cross-governmental strategy on acquired brain injury and other neurological conditions, what (a) other neurological conditions and (b) other Departments will be included in the scope of that strategy.

To inform the content of the strategy, the Department will publish a call for evidence, to seek the views of stakeholders including healthcare staff, people living with an acquired brain injury and their families and carers on what should be prioritised within the strategy and whether there are other similar or related neurological conditions which should be considered for inclusion.

The Department for Health and Social Care is working with other Government departments including the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the Department for Education and the Ministry of Justice to explore ways to strengthen the support provided to those with an acquired brain injury.