Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women with autism were in mental health inpatient care settings in each of the last five years.

The following table shows the number of female patients with either autism or autism and a learning disability in mental health care inpatient settings in England, in each of the last five years:

Source: the data is taken from NHS England’s Assuring Transformation dataset, as of 28 February 2024.

Notes:

1. The figures for the historical months in this table show the most recent data cut, calculated using submissions as of the end of February 2024.
2. The February 2024 counts are expected to rise in subsequent months as some patients are added late to the data set, due to the diagnosis of autism or a learning disability after admission to hospital.