Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the proposed abolition of NHS England, where the Learning Disability Mortality Review programme will be based; and whether the number of staff working on the programme will be reduced.

We recognise the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review programme as a crucial source of evidence that helps to identify the key improvements needed to tackle health disparities and prevent avoidable deaths of people with a learning disability and autistic people.

Work is progressing at pace to develop the design and operating model for the new integrated organisation, and plan for the smooth transfer of people, functions and responsibilities. We are assessing the full range of current functions across both organisations and options for future allocation. At this stage, it is too early to say what precise changes in personnel and organisational design will be.