Question follow-through · 36506
Autism: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review autism assessment questionnaire to be inclusive of female autism.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 7 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 14 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review autism assessment questionnaire to be inclusive of female autism.
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Mar 2025
Answer published
Autistic characteristics in women and girls may differ from those of other autistic people. Integrated care boards and health professionals should have due regard to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines when commissioning an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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