12. To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in improving outcomes for disabled children in the ways described by standard 8 of the children’s national service framework. (126781)

We are making good progress as we enter the second year of the 10-year framework to improve outcomes for disabled children. Our achievements include: £27 million investment in palliative care over the next three years, we are carrying out a radical review of the provision of community equipment and wheelchair services and investing in the development of an audit tool to assist the health service and local authorities to assess progress in implementing standard 8 of the national standard framework.