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Administration of Justice: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he made a recent assessment of the adequacy of neurodiversity training for people working in the criminal justice system.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
25 Apr 2025
Answer
1 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he made a recent assessment of the adequacy of neurodiversity training for people working in the criminal justice system.

  2. 25 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 May 2025

    Answer published

    There is a range of training available to support those working with neurodiverse people in the criminal justice system. In the courts, the Judicial College of England and Wales has developed training on mental disabilities specifically for magistrates an...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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