Parliamentary Search

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 Monday, 8 June 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Social Services: Learning Disability

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) adults with a learning disability living in a care setting, (2) people over the age of 70 living in a care setting, and (3) people over the age of 70 not in a care setting, were issued a shielding letter in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Answer

Those identified as extremely clinically vulnerable are put on the Shielded Patient List (SPL), based on a set of specific conditions set out by the Chief Medical Officer. The SPL has been developed based on national data and local clinical judgement.

We only hold sufficient information on the SPL to allow us to identify those people who are clinically extremely vulnerable, to ensure that they have the right guidance and support to help them shield. We do not have additional data on whether that are currently in care settings or not. This means we are unable to identify adults with a learning disability in a care setting from the SPL, nor split the over 70s on the SPL between those in care settings and those not.

The SPL does include date of birth, so as of 7 May we know that 944,134 people aged 70 and over were on the SPL, and therefore should have received a shielding letter.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4239
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Correspondence Disease control Learning disability Older people Social services Coronavirus
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk