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Autism and Learning Disability: Mental Health Services

Asked by Sonia KumarLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 13 January 2026UIN 907244

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure mental health support is provided to adults with autism and special needs.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

We are recruiting 8,500 more mental health workers by the end of this Parliament, to help to ease pressure on busy mental health services.
The Mental Health Act reforms will ensure people with a learning disability, autistic people, as well as people with the most severe mental health conditions, have greater choice and control over their treatment, and receive the dignity and respect they deserve.

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