Question follow-through · 10796
Neurodiversity: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of a) the number of children and adolescents who have been waiting for more than 5 years for assessment by neurodevelopmental diagnostic services and b) the effectiveness
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2026 · 8 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
17 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of a) the number of children and adolescents who have been waiting for more than 5 years for assessment by neurodevelopmental diagnostic services and b) the effectiveness
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2026
Answer published
Published data on Autism Waiting times does not include figures on the number of people waiting over five years for an assessment. However, there is data based on how long those who are being seen following a referral for an assessment for autism have wai...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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