Question follow-through · 98024
Neurodiversity: Surrey
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of prolonged waiting times for ADHD assessment on children’s (a) wellbeing and (b) educational outcomes in (i) Surrey and (ii)
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 8 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of prolonged waiting times for ADHD assessment on children’s (a) wellbeing and (b) educational outcomes in (i) Surrey and (ii)
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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17 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Government has recognised that, nationally, demand for assessments for autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has grown significantly in recent years and that people are experiencing severe delays for accessing such assessments. Th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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