Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of Complete Elimination of Autistic Spectrum Expression therapy.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) reviewed the relevant evidence that met the scope of its autism spectrum disorder guidelines in 2016. It has not made any recommendations on Complete Elimination of Autistic Spectrum Expression therapy and has no current plans to undertake an assessment of its effectiveness. Later in 2019, NICE is planning to conduct a surveillance review to identify any new, good quality evidence that would impact the existing recommendations in the guidelines.

NHS England has no plans to review the effectiveness of Complete Elimination of Autistic Spectrum Expression therapy.