Question follow-through · 80548

ADHD and Autism: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Dpartment holds on the average waiting times for (a) ADHD and (b) autism diagnosis for (i) primary school age and (ii) secondary school age children.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 10 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 14 Oct 2025
Answer: 20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Dpartment holds on the average waiting times for (a) ADHD and (b) autism diagnosis for (i) primary school age and (ii) secondary school age children.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Oct 2025
Answer published
The information is not held centrally in the format requested, but some data on waiting times for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism assessments for children aged 0-17 is available on the NHS England website at the following link:h...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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