Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how cases currently being reviewed under the Learning Disability Mortality Review Programme will be handled after the University of Bristol’s contract to administer that programme ends in May 2020.

NHS England and NHS Improvement are committed to the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme, as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, and will continue to use the existing methodology and an internet based platform going forward.

Additional resources and support have been given to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), which includes entering into a contract with a Commissioning Support Unit, to complete historic reviews on behalf of CCGs.