Social Services: Learning Disability
Commons · Question 122346 · 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 steps the Government is taking to strengthen safeguarding protections for adults with learning disabilities receiving local authority care services.
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...