§ Sue DoughtyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on progress made delivering176W the commitments in the White Paper 'Valuing People', published in March 2001, with particular reerence to (a) the Learning Disability and Development Fund, (b) the Implementation Support Fund, (c) the Quality Protects programme, (d) the Schools Access Initiative, (e) the Standards Fund, (f) funds invested in the development of advocacy services for people with learning disabilities, and (g) the development of a national learning disability information centre and helpline. [87379]
§ Jacqui SmithI reported progress to the House on 1 February,official Report, column. 535 and on 26 September in my reply to the hon. Member for Daventry, official Report, column 391W. The Learning Disability Task Force, which monitors and supports implementation of the Valuing People programme, expects to publish its first annual report in January. I will be responding to that report when I publish my own report on learning disability services shortly afterwards. My report will give a full account of progress made with the delivery of Valuing People.
We continue to make good progress. This was acknowledged by the recognition given to Valuing People in the recent Institute for Public Policy Research/Guardian Public Involvement awards.