Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to include proposals on improving social care and support for people with learning difficulties in its forthcoming Green Paper on care and support for older people.

The Green Paper on care and support for older people is expected to cover a range of issues that are common to all adults with care and support needs, including those with a learning disability.

The Department of Health and Social Care and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are taking forward a complementary piece of work to identify any issues relating to social care that are only relevant to working age adults with care and support needs and ensure that these are given the right attention.

We are currently engaging with stakeholders to identify the issues this work should focus on and will set out plans in due course.