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Employment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to ensure autism is considered in the Youth Employment Strategy.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
2 May 2025
Target answer date
7 May 2025
Answer
12 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to ensure autism is considered in the Youth Employment Strategy.

  2. 7 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 May 2025

    Answer published

    As a Government, we want to support all forms of neurodiversity in the workplace, and we are looking to build on the findings of the Buckland Review of Autism Employment by gathering expert evidence in line with this expanded focus.As part of plan to Get ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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