Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 74371

Health Services: Autism and Learning Disability

Tabled: 2 September 2025
Answered: 12 September 2025

Question

Sarah Hall

Labour (Co-op)Warrington South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on the implementation of the Oliver McGowan mandatory training on learning disability and autism across the NHS and social care workforce.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
On 19 June 2025, the Department laid a Code of Practice in Parliament which sets out how providers can meet the statutory requirement for learning disability and autism training.Over three million people have completed the e-learning package, the first pa...

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