Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking account of the funding and delivery of aftercare delivered under section 117 of the Mental Health Act in formulating his forthcoming plans for reform to the social care system.

The Government commissioned an independent review of the Mental Health Act 1983, the final report of which was published earlier this month. The report contains a number of recommendations on the administration of section 117 aftercare, including the need for national guidance on the division of funding between local authorities and clinical commissioning groups. We will be considering these recommendations in detail before responding in due course, we will develop this work alongside our work to reform the social care system.