AQW 3367/16-21
Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford
Tabled Date: 19/09/2016
Answered On Date: 04/10/2016
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister of Health how many people registered with learning difficulties in each Health and Social Care Trust have been allocated a social worker since 2011.
Answer:
Information on people with learning difficulties who have been allocated a social worker is not available. However, information on adults in the learning disability client group who commenced receipt of social work or social care services is available and can be found in Table 1 below. Table 1. Adults in the learning disability client group who commenced receipt of social work or social care services (Year ending 31 March 2011/12 – 2015/16) HSC Trust | Number of Adults | Belfast | 798 | Northern | 473 | South Eastern | 251 | Southern | 277 | Western | 453 |
Source: HSC Board
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