| Heading: |
Autism: Diagnosis |
| Question ID: |
1807642 |
| UIN: |
56074 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5355 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sarah Bool
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sarah Bool
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help reduce waiting times for autism assessments for children in rural areas. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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| Answer text: |
Lord Darzi’s independent review of the National Health Service, published September 2024, highlighted the severe delays for accessing autism assessments and that demand for assessments for autism has grown significantly in recent years.It is the responsib... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |