AQW 3367/16-21 Written question to the Minister of Health
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.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 19 September 2016
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 19 September 2016
- Answer due by
- 4 October 2016
- Answered
- 4 October 201615 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
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