Learning Disability Profiles

Advance notice

Following the response to the health and social care statistical outputs consultation the Learning Disabilities profile will continue to be published with a reduced set of indicators. The changes will be implemented on 2nd December 2025.

The proposed changes have been guided by comments received from users in the health and social care statistics consultation and additional feedback from users. To ensure that indicators published in this profile are timely, useful and robust, a number of indicators have been discontinued. Details of planned changes to Learning Disability profile indicators.

Alongside changes to the profile, guidance will be developed that will assist users to conduct their own learning disability analysis to supplement the profile indicators. A stakeholder exercise will be undertaken to develop the guidance with users. Further details of this will shortly be available

If you have any comments about this proposal, please email healthcare.variation@dhsc.gov.uk

Profile Introduction

The learning disabilities profile collates and presents a wide range of data, developed from a variety of relevant, robust sources. The profile provides a set of tools that allow planners, providers and stakeholders to profile their area and benchmark against similar populations. The aim is to provide information for improvement, not judgement.

Tool structure

The learning disabilities profiling tool brings together a range of data, presented in the form of indicators, which are grouped into five key sections:

  • Population
  • Education
  • Health and social care
  • Accommodation
  • Employment

A number of geographies are available with which to view each indicator and these include NHS geographies such as clinical commissioning group (CCG), integrated care board (ICB), and local government geographies such as upper tier local authority (UTLA) and regions, as well as England level data.

Supporting information

The learning disabilities profile has also produced a range of additional intelligence products with which to assist health professionals in key decision-making. The range of information, when used alongside the profile may enable and improve decisions about local services. These products can be found in:

Contact us

For enquiries and feedback relating to the learning disabilities profile, please email: profilefeedback@dhsc.gov.uk