Social Services: Learning Disability
Commons · Question 122345 · Tabled 19 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Iqbal Mohamed
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms exist for investigating allegations of abuse of adults with learning disabilities in social care settings.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 24 Mar 2026
When a local authority has reasonable cause to suspect an adult in the local authority’s area has care and support needs, is at risk of, or experiencing abuse or neglect, and cannot protect themselves because of those needs, it must carry out a safeguardi...