Written question asked by Bob Blizzard (Labour) on Monday, 8 December 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 December 2003. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 December 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he will fund the service improvements for adults with learning disabilities set out in the White Paper, Valuing People. - Inc figure.

Answer: Mr. Blizzard: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he will fund the service improvements for adults with learning disabilities set out in the White Paper, Valuing People. [143503] Dr. Ladyman: "Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century" (Cm 5086), announced the creation of two new funds to support its priorities, the Implementation Support Fund from April 2001 and the Learning Disability Development Fund from April 2002. Our annual report on learning disability, Making Change Happen (HC 514), published in April 2003, announced that the Support Fund would continue until March 2006; the Development Fund will also continue until March 2006. In addition, over £3 billion a year is spent on health and social care provision for people with learning disabilities. People with learning disabilities also use mainstream health and social care services and benefit from increased expenditure on those services.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 143503; 415 c875-6W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Health services Finance Learning disability Social services Learning Disability Development Fund
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk