Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce.

NHS England established an independent attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) taskforce which brought together those with lived experience with experts from the National Health Service, education, charity, and justice sectors to get a better understanding of the challenges affecting those with ADHD, including in accessing timely and equitable access to services and support. The taskforce's final report was published on 6 November 2025, and we have been working with NHS England to consider and take into account the report and its recommendations.

Building on the work of the ADHD Taskforce, the Government announced on 4 December 2025 the launch of an independent review into the prevalence and support for mental health conditions, ADHD, and autism. This review, which will report this summer, will inform our approach so that people with ADHD and autistic people have the right support in place to enable them to live well in their communities.

We will also develop and publish a revised cross-Government autism strategy, which will be informed by all relevant evidence, reviews, and reports, including the recommendations from the independent review into the prevalence and support for mental health conditions, ADHD, and autism. As part of this work, we will consider and seek the views of stakeholders as to whether the strategy should cover ADHD as well as autism.