Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria NHS England will use to monitor the quality of the remaining reviews into the early deaths of people with learning disabilities notified to the Learning Disability Mortality Review Programme.

The Department has been informed by NHS England that NHS England follows the University of Bristol Learning Disability Mortality Review Programme guidance methodology on quality assuring reviews. The University of Bristol provides a quality assurance role as part of the programme alongside local steering groups.