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Written question asked by Baroness Jolly (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 12 May 2020, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 27 May 2020. It was answered by Lord Bethell (Conservative) on Wednesday, 27 May 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Social Services: Learning Disability

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many adults with a learning disability live in a care setting.

Answer

2018-19 is the latest year for which data on the number of clients with a Primary Support Reason of Learning Disability Support receiving long term support by care setting is available. According to the 2018-19 dataset 2,065 adults with a learning disability lived in a nursing care setting whilst 30,410 adults with a learning disability lived in a residential care setting. Therefore, a total of 32,4765 adults with a learning disability lived in a care setting between 2018-19.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4238
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Learning disability Social services
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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