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 25 November 2021 to Question 53847 on Mental Health Services: Autism and Learning Disability, what engagement he has had with (a) autistic people, (b) people with learning disabilities and (c) the organisations which advocate for those people on informing the development of his Department’s action plan to implement Building the Right Support.

We have engaged with a range of individuals and organisations, including voluntary sector organisations, people with lived experience of both autism and learning disabilities and their families. We are currently considering the feedback received as part of the ongoing development of the Action Plan.