Question follow-through · 67110
Autism: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) intersectionality and (b) cultural perceptions on the underdiagnosis of autism in women and girls.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jul 2025 · 12 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
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) intersectionality and (b) cultural perceptions on the underdiagnosis of autism in women and girls.
15 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Department and NHS England continue to look at relevant evidence and national data sources so that we can identify and try to mitigate health inequalities.Analyses of the NHS Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities data, which provides in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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