SOCIAL CARE FOR DEAFBLIND CHILDREN AND ADULTS

Early day motion 1760, tabled 29 June 2009 by Tom Levitt (Labour). Signed by 61 members.

That this House welcomes the Department of Health's re-issuing of its guidance, Social care for deafblind children and adults; recognises that the guidance will have a significant impact on the 193,133 deafblind people in England; supports the calls from Sense, the UK's leading deafblind charity, that English local authorities implement the guidance without delay; acknowledges that deafblind people, their families and carers have a right to receive the appropriate level of assessment regardless of where they live and that they deserve a fair deal from their local councils; and recognises that less than half of the deafblind people identified by local authorities have received a specialist assessment and that the new guidance will reiterate that local authorities have a statutory duty to carry out proper assessments.

Signatures by party: Labour 32, Liberal Democrat 16, DUP 4, Independent 4, Conservative 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2.