The Disability Action Plan and Meeting the Minister for Disabled People 

Scott, Kate and Jack who are members of the Learning Disability England representative body recently met with Tom Pursglove. 

He is the Minister for disabled people, health and work in the Department of Work and Pensions. 

They wanted to share some of what matters to Learning Disability England members and people with learning disabilities and their families. 

They put together an update to members about how it went. 

You can read that here. 

The government consulted on a Disability Action plan in 2023. You can read the response from Learning Disability England members here.

Mental Capacity Act – small payments scheme

Members of Learning Disability England contributed to the consultation process and the results have now been published. You can read more here.

Ramandeep Kaur – Mum to Harry (15) who has Down’s syndrome has written her response to the decision. You can read Ramandeep’s blog here.

Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training consultation on the Code of Practice 

The government consulted on the code of practice for how the mandatory training should work. 

Learning Disability England’s response was developed with members. You can read it here.