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<p>The Department of Health does not collect data on the number of children who have
received a diagnostic assessment of Autistic Spectrum Disorder.</p><br /><p>The Department
for Education collects data on children’s primary special educational need (SEN).</p><br
/><p>The table below shows those children in schools in the last five years who had
a statement or who were on school action plus, whose primary need was autistic spectrum
disorder. These figures do not include pre-school children with autism, young people
in further education, or children with autism who had a different primary need.</p><br
/> <br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>56,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>61,575</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>66,195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>70,785</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>76,015</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br
/><p>In 2015, the primary need was collected also for those children on SEN support.
Including this additional group, 90,775 children were recorded as having a primary
need of autistic spectrum disorder in 2015, but given the change in collection methodology,
this cannot be compared with the earlier years.</p><br />
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