To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will make a statement on the circumstances leading to the death of Jeremiah Kearney;(2) whether she intends to review the community care policy and procedures in the light of the death of Jeremiah Kearney.

I have asked the social services inspectorate to examine, with the local authorities, the circumstances of this case, and will write to the hon. Member when the inquiries are complete.