Question follow-through · 83883
Autism: Paracetamol
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) autistic people and (b) their families affected by claims that acetaminophen causes autism.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling
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- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) autistic people and (b) their families affected by claims that acetaminophen causes autism.
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Department recognises that recent claims suggesting a link between acetaminophen and autism may have caused concern among some individuals. The Government, my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and I have provided clea...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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