Autism and Learning Disability: Community Care
(asked on 16th October 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2023 to Question 183773 on Autism and Learning Disability: Community Care, what analysis his Department undertook to identify the £121 million of funding allocation for the Building the right support programme in the 2023-24 financial year; and what estimate he has made of funding requirements for subsequent financial years.
The £121 million of funding to improve community support for people with a learning disability and autistic people forms part of the wider NHS Long Term Plan (LTP) funding. The £121m allocation in 2023/24 was determined based upon consideration of the following:
- NHS England priorities for people with a learning disability and autistic people as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan published 2019; and
- Ensuring that national investment supported all the priorities within the agreed national programme allocation for 2023/24.
Additionally, the following table shows a distribution to integrated care boards on a ‘fair shares’ basis, in line with the LTP trajectory for the learning disability and autism programme, increasing year on year up to the end of the LTP funding cycle:
Financial Year | 2020/21 (£) | 2021/22 (£) | 2022/23 (£) | 2023/24 (£) |
Community/CYP Keyworkers | 18,000 | 39,000 | 69,000 | 119,000 |
HOPE(S) | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
Total | 19,000 | 41,000 | 71,000 | 121,000 |
Note: HOPE(S) is a training model commissioned by NHS England, which aims to embed good practice across inpatient services and reduce the use of long-term segregation and restrictive practices for people with a learning disability and autistic people.
Funding for 2024/25 will be confirmed in due course.