§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received in the past 12 months about the implementation of the remaining sections of the Disabled Persons (Representation, Consultation and Services) Act 1986; what plans she has to implement these sections; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. YeoWe have received 73 letters concerning our decision not to implement sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Disabled Persons Act, seven of which also referred to section 7. The Act was also the subject of five parliamentary questions during this period.
The requirements of these sections are now, to a very large extent, reflected in our new and wide-ranging reforms of community care. The need to implement these sections of the Disabled Persons Act will be reviewed in the light of several years' experience of the community care arrangements.