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Autism: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing guidelines to social workers for parents with autism.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
13 Mar 2025
Answer
19 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing guidelines to social workers for parents with autism.

  2. 13 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Social workers involved in an autistic person’s care have a duty to promote their human rights, safety and wellbeing, assess their needs and help facilitate access to the right services.The regulator for the social work profession, Social Work England, se...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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