§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the provisions of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 which(a) have been implemented and (b) have not yet been implemented.
§ Mr. YeoThe information requested is as follows:
a. Implemented on 1 April 1987
- Section 4 (duty on local authorities to assess need)
- Section 8(1) (duty to have regard to abilities of carers)
- Section 9 (provision of information)
- Section 10 (duty to consult organisations of disabled people when making appointments)
Implemented on 1 February 1988
- Sections 5 and 6 (identification and assessment of disabled school leavers)
Implemented on 18 December 1989
- Section 11 (report to Parliament on community care for mentally ill and mentally handicapped people)
b. Non-implemented sections
- Sections 1 and 2 (appointment and rights of authorised representatives of disabled people)
- Section 3 (provision of written statements of assessment)
- Section 7 (identification and assessment of the needs of people leaving hospital after treatment for six months or more for a mental disorder)
- Sections 8(2) and 8(3) (these are linked to section 3)
The requirements of the non-implemented sections are now, to a very large extent, reflected in our new and wide-ranging reforms of community care, which demonstrate our commitment to high quality care which is responsive to the needs and wishes of service users and carers. The need to implement these sections will be reviewed in the light of several years' experience of the community care arrangements.