Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 907244

Autism and Learning Disability: Mental Health Services

Tabled: 7 January 2026

Answered: 13 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Sonia Kumar

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.

Answer

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 wit...

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