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	registered interest
	date	10/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Autism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she make it her policy to provide autism awareness training for staff in (a) her Department and (b) Jobcentres.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	252854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>DWP has a Diversity and Equality Policy Statement. Every person working for the Department has a personal responsibility for implementing and promoting these commitments in their day-to-day dealings with customers, with each other and with employers and partners. Inappropriate behaviour is not acceptable.</p><p> </p><p>DWP have developed Autism Awareness training for all DWP operational staff, using information from the National Autistic Society. This training explains what Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are and how they may impact on a claimants’ daily life, including how this impacts individuals differently. This helps DWP staff be aware of how they can offer appropriate support. The training also focuses on what support DWP can provide to help customers with ASD secure employment, highlighting the tailored support available and focusing on what positive strengths customers with ASD can offer a prospective employer.</p><p> </p><p>Within the Fundamental Learning Journey for all DWP Operational roles, we have learning for Supporting Vulnerable Adults (hosted by Civil Service Learning), Safeguarding children and for Adults and Equality and Diversity.</p><p> </p><p>There is DWP technical learning specifically for staff who need to look at medical evidence for particular medical conditions as part of their job role. This covers the likely care needs for more common medical conditions and signposts to more detailed guidance.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/05/2019 16:41:15 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1387756

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Autism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to progress implementation of the Government's national strategy for autistic children, young people and adults: 2021 to 2026; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding available specifically for girls and women diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in (a) educational settings and (b) care homes.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	92989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to addressing the inequalities experienced by autistic people of all ages. Within the new autism strategy, published in July 2021 and extended to children and young people for the first time, we set out how we will continue our programme of developing training and resources for education staff and will consider the issue of identification and support for autistic girls within this. We know that more needs to be done to improve autism identification for girls. That is why, as part of the wider work on improving diagnostic pathways, NHS England/Improvement is looking at ways to improve the quality of diagnosis for girls.</p><p>We also want the public to understand how autism can affect people differently, including the difference in how autistic women and girls present, and to help change people’s behaviour towards autistic people and their families.</p><p>In the strategy’s first year alone, we are investing £74 million to promote a straightforward route to diagnosis, the correct support, increasing understanding and improving access to a quality education and social care. Work is currently underway to deliver on the actions for the first year, set out in our implementation plan (2021- 2022). We are also in the process of putting in place a new governance structure to ensure there is accountability for delivery of the actions in the autism strategy, which we are aiming to establish in the new year.</p><p>£600,000 of this funding has gone towards the department’s contract with the Autism Education Trust (AET) for 2021/22, to deliver autism awareness training to education staff in early years, schools and further education settings. This contract has been provided annually since 2011, and has so far reached more than 305,000 people across the country.</p><p>Through this contract with the AET, the department has funded the development of Good Autism Practice Guidance for education settings. This includes a focus on attending to the strengths, needs and challenges of autistic girls.</p><p>The department has also provided £2 million of funding for the Whole School SEND consortium in 2021/22, through our contract with Nasen. This will continue their wider programme of work to equip the workforce to deliver high quality teaching for all children and young people with SEND, including autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, this year.</p><p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to ensure there are sufficient places to meet the needs of children in their care, including autistic children who need to be cared for in a children’s home. Local authorities set their own children’s services budget from their core spending power, based on local need and priorities. This year, 2021-22, councils have access to £51.3 billion core spending power for their services, including a £1.7 billion grant for social care.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced at Spending Review 2021 that the government will provide local authorities with £4.8 billion of new grant funding over the next Spending Review period, which is intended to help meet the costs of delivering care for our most vulnerable children.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 92987 question first answered 21/12/2021 15:09:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

167517

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Autism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that adults who receive a diagnosis of autism are made aware of their right to a community care assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	216749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The Care Act will be implemented from April 2015. The Care and Support (Assessment) Regulations 2014, which are made under the Act, will require all local authorities to ensure that anyone carrying out an assessment is appropriately trained and has the skills, knowledge and competency to do so. The Regulations also require that where the assessor is not an expert in the condition they are assessing and the needs of the person require it, the local authority must ensure the assessor consults someone who is an expert in this condition. These requirements apply where a local authority is carrying out an assessment of an adult with autism. In line with Think Autism, the 2014 update to the 2010 Adult Autism Strategy, local authorities should develop specialist training for those in roles that have a direct impact on access to services for adults with autism.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the Care Act local authorities must assess an adult where there is an appearance of a need for care and support. This is not a new requirement and it has been highlighted again in the draft revised statutory guidance for local authorities and the NHS to implement Think Autism, which is being consulted on until 19 December.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 216748 question first answered 05/12/2014 12:51:58 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

167518

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Autism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that community care assessments of people with autism are being carried out by professionals with appropriate training.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	216748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The Care Act will be implemented from April 2015. The Care and Support (Assessment) Regulations 2014, which are made under the Act, will require all local authorities to ensure that anyone carrying out an assessment is appropriately trained and has the skills, knowledge and competency to do so. The Regulations also require that where the assessor is not an expert in the condition they are assessing and the needs of the person require it, the local authority must ensure the assessor consults someone who is an expert in this condition. These requirements apply where a local authority is carrying out an assessment of an adult with autism. In line with Think Autism, the 2014 update to the 2010 Adult Autism Strategy, local authorities should develop specialist training for those in roles that have a direct impact on access to services for adults with autism.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the Care Act local authorities must assess an adult where there is an appearance of a need for care and support. This is not a new requirement and it has been highlighted again in the draft revised statutory guidance for local authorities and the NHS to implement Think Autism, which is being consulted on until 19 December.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 216749 question first answered 05/12/2014 12:51:58 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

168048

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Autism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department and NHS England are taking to ensure that local autism diagnostic pathways are improving outcomes for adults with autism locally.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	217269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department is currently seeking views on proposed new statutory guidance for local authorities and National Health Service organisations to support the implementation of <em>Think Autism, </em>the update to the 2010 adult autism strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The consultation looks at issues including the identification and diagnosis of autism in adults, and the proposal that NHS England local audit teams should look at people’s experiences of the diagnostic process locally and assure themselves that this is acceptable. The consultation period began on 7 November and closes on 19 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Responses are invited from a wide range of people and groups, including adults with autism, families and carers, health and social care organisations that plan, commission and provide services for autism and their families. The Department intends to issue the statutory guidance in February 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authority areas will also report back on progress they are making on autism diagnosis and other issues in Public Health England’s forthcoming national autism self-assessment exercise on implementing the Adult Autism Strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 217270 question first answered 09/12/2014 15:16:33 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

168049

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Autism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure professional awareness of diagnostic pathways will be prioritised among (a) health bodies and (b) local authorities in the statutory guidance on implementing the adult autism strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	217270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department is currently seeking views on proposed new statutory guidance for local authorities and National Health Service organisations to support the implementation of <em>Think Autism, </em>the update to the 2010 adult autism strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The consultation looks at issues including the identification and diagnosis of autism in adults, and the proposal that NHS England local audit teams should look at people’s experiences of the diagnostic process locally and assure themselves that this is acceptable. The consultation period began on 7 November and closes on 19 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Responses are invited from a wide range of people and groups, including adults with autism, families and carers, health and social care organisations that plan, commission and provide services for autism and their families. The Department intends to issue the statutory guidance in February 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authority areas will also report back on progress they are making on autism diagnosis and other issues in Public Health England’s forthcoming national autism self-assessment exercise on implementing the Adult Autism Strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 217269 question first answered 09/12/2014 15:16:33 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

168304

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Autism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to use the Care Act 2014 to promote the provision of low-level support to people with autism.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Clarke
	uin	217308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Care Act will be implemented from April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A period of consultation is underway until 19 December on revised statutory guidance for local authorities and the NHS to implement Think Autism, the 2014 update to the 2010 Adult Autism Strategy. This includes coverage of preventing, delaying or reducing the care needs of adults with autism or their carers by providing low level preventative support and enabling people with autism to be connected with peers and with local community groups in line with the duties of the Care Act. The statutory guidance when it is issued in February 2015 will complement the existing Care Act guidance on prevention.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 15/12/2014 16:39:09 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	583 label Biography information for Mr Tom Clarke

169769

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Autism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities have an autism strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	218270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>This information is not recorded centrally. Local joint commissioning plans for services for adults with autism should be developed and updated based on effective joint strategic needs assessment. The second national Public Health England self-assessment exercise reported on progress being made by the end of September 2013 across all 152 local authority areas in England.</p><p> </p><p><br> Details can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ihal.org.uk/projects/autism2013" target="_blank">www.ihal.org.uk/projects/autism2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The exercise is a key means of identifying progress in implementing the strategy as a whole and for demonstrating local accountability. The most recent exercise started on 12 December 2014 for completion by 9 March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 17/12/2014 17:42:56 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

170417

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Autism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's report, Think Autism, published in April 2014, what discussions his Department has had with other departments on feedback on the type of apprenticeships offered to people with autism.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	218815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on sharing population data across local agencies for the purpose of planning autism services across local authorities and the National Health Service was set out in Think Autism, the April 2014 update to the 2010 Adult Autism Strategy, and is in the draft statutory guidance to implement it. The statutory guidance was out for consultation from 7 November until 19 December. The Department also funded the National Autistic Society to look at data issues and wider discussions are planned. Officials have also discussed the issue of apprenticeships for people with autism with the Departments for Work and Pensions and Business, Innovation &amp; Skills and these discussions will continue. A number of the recently announced Autism Innovation Fund projects focus on employment and apprenticeships and their outcomes will also help work in this area. A summary of progress achieved across all actions in Think Autism will be published in August 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 218814 question first answered 06/01/2015 13:39:25 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

170436

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Autism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides on sharing population data across local agencies for the purposes of planning autism services to (a) local authorities, (b) clinical commissioning groups, (c) NHS trusts, (d) NHS foundation trusts and (e) health and wellbeing boards.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	218814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on sharing population data across local agencies for the purpose of planning autism services across local authorities and the National Health Service was set out in Think Autism, the April 2014 update to the 2010 Adult Autism Strategy, and is in the draft statutory guidance to implement it. The statutory guidance was out for consultation from 7 November until 19 December. The Department also funded the National Autistic Society to look at data issues and wider discussions are planned. Officials have also discussed the issue of apprenticeships for people with autism with the Departments for Work and Pensions and Business, Innovation &amp; Skills and these discussions will continue. A number of the recently announced Autism Innovation Fund projects focus on employment and apprenticeships and their outcomes will also help work in this area. A summary of progress achieved across all actions in Think Autism will be published in August 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 218815 question first answered 06/01/2015 13:39:25 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma