Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many instances of misdiagnosis which were corrected to a diagnosis of autism have occurred in each of the last five years by gender.

Data is not collected centrally on how many people have had instances of misdiagnosis or correction of diagnosis relating to autism.

Data is not collected centrally on how many people have a co-morbid or other mental illnesses, prior or after receiving a diagnosis of autism.