Question follow-through · 11374
Autism: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of variations in levels of positive autism diagnoses at NHS foundation trusts.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of variations in levels of positive autism diagnoses at NHS foundation trusts.
30 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 2024
Answer published
It is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including autism assessments and diagnoses, in line with relevant National Institute for Health ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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