Young Disabled People: Social Care Services

Lord Alton of Liverpool Excerpts

Tuesday 28th January 2025 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Merron (Lab)]

The transition assessment has to cover the whole range of provision, including healthcare, as the noble Lord rightly says. That is already embedded. I refer back to the point of my noble friend: it is indeed true that there are long waiting lists for transition assessments, which is far from ideal. This means that people are suffering from late planning and insufficient support, which we want to put right, no matter where the requirement comes from, whether it is in health, education or employment.

[Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB)]

The Minister may recall that, in 2022, the Down Syndrome Act was passed by your Lordships’ House, having been introduced in another place by Sir Liam Fox MP and in this House by my noble friend Lady Hollins. Can the Minister tell us how far we have got in implementing the terms of that Act, especially in helping those with Down syndrome to find employment in the workplace?