§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he will take to implement the recommendation by the development team for the mentally handicapped, third report, paragraph 22, that health authorities should notify the relevant social services department of the identification of a mentally handicapped child as soon as possible after the identification has been made.
§ Mr. Rossi:Notification to social services departments of children identified as mentally handicapped should form part of the arrangements for collaboration between authorities in assessing needs and providing mental handicap services. The need for such notification was last specifically brought to attention by the National Development Group's publication "A Checklist of Standards" issued to authorities in December 1980.