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Social Services: Learning Disability

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN HL4238, tabled on 12 May 2020

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

Answered on

27 May 2020

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.