Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 23 June 2026 [Draft]
23 Jun 2026 · S7 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
General Question Time
“Coming Home” Report (Hospital Placements)
We established the dynamic support register in 2023 to ensure that people with learning disabilities and complex needs are visible and as a tool to support targeted local action. The most recently published quarterly statistics evidence that there has been some progress on the issue. They show that the number of people in the “Urgent” category has reduced from 488 to 383 since March 2024, which is a reduction of more than 100 people.
I remain committed to continued improvement, and we are providing a further £20 million to implement the “Coming Home Action Plan”, which was published on 19 March this year. That will take our total direct investment to date in “Coming Home” to £40 million.
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