To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people with a learning disability were (a) admitted to hospital and (b) treated by hospital out-patient services in each of the last five years. (279208)

The Department does not hold these data centrally. However, the Government have given priority to access to health care for those with learning disabilities as stated in “Valuing People Now”, which was published in January 2009. A copy has already been placed in the Library.