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1006006

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Autism: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children aged between 5 and 11 were diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	190806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of children who have been diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/11/2018 16:22:47 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

926998

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Autism: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to reduce waiting times for autism assessments for children.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	155244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>Children should not have to face long waits for an autism diagnosis and we are continuing to work with our partners to help localities address long waiting times for an autism diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>We have included autism indicators in the Mental Health Services Dataset, with data beginning to be collected from 1 April 2018. The data will include waiting times for an assessment for autism to begin. The current plan is to publish the dataset after a year of data has been collected.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/06/2018 10:00:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

894939

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Autism: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure greater awareness among parents of the symptoms of autism in children.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	139455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The NHS Choices website provides information on autism. Health professionals such as general practitioners and health visitors may also be a source of advice for parents, before any formal referral for a diagnostic assessment is made.</p><p> </p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 requires all local authorities to provide special educational needs and disability information, advice and support services for their local families. This includes information on autism support.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/05/2018 15:13:05 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

887072

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Autism: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Government programmes that assist low-income families who are supporting children with autism.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	136640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been made by this Department of the effectiveness of Government programmes in specifically assisting low-income families with autistic children.</p><p> </p><p>The special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms in the Children’s and Families Act 2014 have brought benefits for all autistic children and young people and their families by providing for a system of support across education, health and social care to ensure that services are organised with the needs and preferences of the child and their family at the centre of the process.</p><p> </p><p>Reforms introduced by the Act include the publication of local offers of SEND services by local authorities, the introduction of streamlined education, health and care needs assessments and Education, Health and Care Plans, which set out in one place the support from education, health and care services children and young people will receive.</p><p> </p><p>Since May 2016, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have been inspecting local areas on their effectiveness in fulfilling their new duties for children with SEND. All 152 local areas in England will be inspected over a period of five years.</p><p> </p><p>We have included autism indicators on diagnosis and post-diagnostic outcomes in the Mental Health Services Dataset, with data collected from 1 April 2018. This will bring more transparency to the process, provide more accurate data on performance nationally and help drive up performance.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2018 12:51:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

873595

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Autism: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average autism diagnosis waiting time for children under the age of 18 has been for each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	134709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>This information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2018, data on waiting times from referral for suspected autism to a first appointment and subsequent diagnosis will be collected within the Mental Health Services Data Set. The intention is to publish a first formal report on this data during 2019.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 134710 134711 134712 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:30:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

873596

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Autism: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the longest autism diagnosis waiting time for children under the age of 18 has been for each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	134710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>This information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2018, data on waiting times from referral for suspected autism to a first appointment and subsequent diagnosis will be collected within the Mental Health Services Data Set. The intention is to publish a first formal report on this data during 2019.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 134709 134711 134712 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:30:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth